Method for producing acetic acid

US6906221B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Celanese International Corporation · US

Inventors

• Sabine Zeyss · Königstein, DE
• Uwe Dingerdissen · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
• Manfred Baerns · Berlin, DE
• Dorit Wolf · Oberursel, DE
• David Linke · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 17, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2005
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C51/215
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing acetic acid by oxidizing ethane in fluid bed reactors with high selectivity and high yields.