Process for the production of esters
US4499298A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 1979 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 1999 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C67/035
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process is described for the preparation of aryl esters such as benzyl acetate by reacting an aryl alkyl compound such as toluene with a carboxylic acid such as acetic acid and oxygen in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a catalyst comprising palladium metal, gold metal and a metal of Group VA of the Periodic Table of the Elements such as bismuth.
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