Ether homologation to esters and alcohols using a heterogeneous sulfided catalyst
US4625050A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 1983 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2003 |
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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 conversion of dialkyl ethers to homologous carboxylic acid esters and alcohols which comprises reacting a dialkyl ether having from two to about twenty carbon atoms with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a heterogeneous sulfided catalyst comprising nickel, optionally in admixture with a co-catalyst selected from the elements of Group VI-B of the Periodic Table.
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