Process for the production of esters
US4665213A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 25, 1986 |
| Grant date | May 12, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C67/38
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Carboxylic acid esters are produced by reacting an olefinic hydrocarbon with an ester of formic acid in the presence of both carbon monoxide and oxygen at a temperature of up to 200.degree. and a pressure of up to 300 bar in the presence of water, typically in an amount of from 0.01 to 5% w/w, a source of protons, which is preferably a mineral acid or a tectometallosilicate in the hydrogen form, and as catalyst (a) a source of palladium, and (b) a source of copper.
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