Process for producing acetic acid
US5405996A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 6, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2014 |
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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 producing acetic acid comprising reacting ethylene and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising metallic Pd and at least one member selected from the group consisting of heteropoly-acids and their salts, or in the presence of a catalyst comprising metallic Pd, at least one member selected from the group consisting of heteropoly-acids and their salts and at least one member selected from the group consisting of metallic elements of Groups 11, 14, 15 and 16 of the Long-Form Periodic Table.
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