Catalyst and a process for preparing carboxylic acids using the catalyst

US5547905A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH · IN

Inventors

• Girindra N. Kulsrestha · Dehradun, IN
• Mahendra Pratap Saxena · Dehradun, IN
• Ashok K. Gupta · Jülich, DE
• Hari Bhagwan Goyal · Dehradun, IN
• Rameshwar Prasad · Sidhauli, IN
• Turuga Prasada Rao · Dehradun, IN
• Prakash D. Patel · Sayla, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 1994
• Grant date: Aug 20, 1996
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/584
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A catalyst comprising 70-99% by wt. of cobaltic salt and 1-30% by wt. of ferric salt, the acid component of the salt being such as acetate; propionate; naphthenate adipate and phthalate; a process for preparing the above catalyst, and a process for the preparation of carboxylic acids by oxidation of a hydrocarbon with oxygen or air in the presence of the above catalyst.