Recovery of rhodium from carbonylation residues
US4340570A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 6, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/584
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Residues are formed in the carbonylation of esters or ethers, particularly in the production of acetic anhydride or ethylidene diacetate. Such residues contain noble metal, typically rhodium used as a catalyst, which must be recovered before the residues can be disposed of. In the process of the invention, the rhodium values are freed from the residues by a series of treatments with amines and other reagents, thereby enabling the rhodium to be extracted by subsequent contact with an aqueous halogen acid.
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