Manufacture of aryl esters
US4465633A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 1982 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C67/055
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process is described for the manufacture of aryl esters such as phenyl esters by liquid phase reaction of an aromatic compound such as benzene with molecular oxygen in the presence of a carboxylic acid preferably having 6 or more carbon atoms over a catalyst composed essentially of a compound of palladium, a compound of antimony and a compound of at least one member selected from the group consisting of chromium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, iron, and tin wherein the aromatic compound is added continuously to the reaction and water formed in the reaction is rapidly and continuously removed from the reaction zone.
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