Process for preparing alpha-methyl monobasic acid and esters thereof
US4354978A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 4, 1980 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2000 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C67/38
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Alkanoic acids containing largely the alpha-methyl isomers thereof, and/or the corresponding esters, are prepared by reacting an alpha-olefin, carbon monoxide and water and/or a monoalkanol in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a catalyst composition comprising (i) a zero-valent Group VIII metal or metal alloy in which the Group VIII metal is the major component by weight thereof, (ii) an aryl ligand selected from the group consisting of arylarsine, arylstibine and arylbismuthine and (iii) a Lewis acid and/or hydrochloric acid.
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