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Process for producing acetic acid

Patent 5405996 Issued on April 11, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject April 6, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

Process for producing acetic acid
Patent #: 4935549
Issued on: 06/19/1990
Inventor: Kamiguchi, et al.

Acetic acid from ethane, ethylene and oxygen
Patent #: 5162578
Issued on: 11/10/1992
Inventor: McCain, Jr., et al.

Carbonylation reaction catalysts Patent #: 5330955
Issued on: 07/19/1994
Inventor: Wegman

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 225458 filed on 04/06/1994

US Classes:

562/548, Producing acetic acid502/262, Platinum or palladium502/313, And Group VIII metal containing (i.e., iron or platinum group)502/339Of palladium or platinum

Examiners

Primary: Prescott, Arthur C.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0156498 EP. 10/13/1985
  • 47-13221 JP 07/13/1972
  • 51-29425 JP 03/13/1976
  • 54-57488 JP 05/13/1979
  • 1025679 GB. 01/13/1978
  • 1508331 GB. 04/13/1978

International Class

C07C 051/16

Foreign Application Priority Data

1993-04-06 JP

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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