Oxidation of ethylene to acetic acid
US3970697A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 1974 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 1994 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C51/25
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the selective production of acetic acid from ethylene with co-production in minor amounts of carbon oxides, by reaction of ethylene and oxygen in the presence of water and a catalyst composition contaning a catalytically effective amount of palladium metal and a sulfur modifier.
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