Preparation process of acetic acid

US4569948A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• The Agency of Industrial Science and Technology · JP
• Extra-Ministerial Bureau of Ministry of International Trade and Industry · SS

Inventors

• Hiroshi Ono · Setagaya, JP
• Masao Hashimoto · Tokyo, JP
• Eiiti Sugiyama · Odawara, JP
• Kenji Fujiwara · Tokyo, JP
• Kenji Yoshida · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 23, 1984
• Grant date: Feb 11, 1986
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C51/10
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a process for preparing acetic acid from carbon noxide gas and hydrogen gas, which process comprises catalytically reacting carbon monoxide gas and hydrogen gas under elevated pressures and in a liquid medium containing a ruthenium compound, cobalt compound and promoter(s).