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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Bp Chemicals Limited, Sunbury-on-Thames Middlesex, GB;
Inventors:
Mareike Beckers, East Yorkshire, GB;
Timothy Crispin Bristow, East Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
BP CHEMICALS LIMITED, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/09 (2006.01); C07C 29/80 (2006.01); C07C 41/09 (2006.01); C07C 41/16 (2006.01); C07C 67/54 (2006.01); C07C 51/44 (2006.01); C07C 41/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/09 (2013.01); C07C 29/80 (2013.01); C07C 41/09 (2013.01); C07C 41/16 (2013.01); C07C 41/42 (2013.01); C07C 51/44 (2013.01); C07C 67/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
Process for the co-production of acetic acid and dimethyl ether with reduced formic acid content by distilling a mixture containing dimethyl ether, methanol and methyl formate, separating methyl formate from the mixture to recover dimethyl ether and methanol, and catalytically reacting the methanol and methyl acetate to produce a reaction product of acetic acid an dimethyl ether.