Production of carboxylic acids and esters thereof
US5185462A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2531/822
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the production from an alcohol having n carbon atoms, wherein n is a number from 1 to 20, of a carboxylic acid having n+1 carbon atoms and/or an ester of the alcohol having n carbon atoms with the carboxylic acid by reacting the alcohol at a temperature of at least 50.degree. C. with carbon monoxide in the presence of a noble metal-containing heterogeneous catalyst and a halogen or halogen compound promoter characterized in that the catalyst comprises a noble metal component bonded to an inorganic oxide having surface hydroxyl groups through the intermediacy of a silicon compound which is condensible with the hydroxyl groups of the inorganic oxide and has either (i) at least one nitrogen or phosphorus-containing functional group capable of coordinating with the noble metal component or (ii) a functional group capable of reacting further with a nitrogen- or phosphorus-containing functional group capable of coordinating with the noble metal component thereby to bond the nitrogen- or phosphorus-containing functional group to the silicon compound.
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