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Alcohol carbonylation process using a bimetallic nickel catalyst

US4625049A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1982
Grant dateNov 25, 1986
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P20/582
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of carboxylic acids, alcohols, aldehydes or the secondary products thereof which comprises reacting an alcohol having from one to about twenty carbon atoms with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a heterogeneous sulfided catalyst comprising nickel in admixture with a co-catalyst selected from the elements of Groups V-B, VI-B and the Actinide series of the Periodic Table.

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