Process for purifying a carboxylic acid
US5663430A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 2, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C51/44
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In a process for purifying a carboxylic acid fraction obtained by liquid phase carbonylation of an alkyl alcohol and/or its reactive derivative in which volatile iridium- and/or volatile co-promoter contaminants are converted to involatile forms by contacting with an iodide in the absence of carbon monoxide or at a partial pressure less than that of the carbonylation reaction. The involatile contaminants are then separated from the carboxylic acid.
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