Title:
MANUFACTURE OF ESTER AND CARBOXYLIC ACID
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5982337
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
Esters or carboxylic acids are prepared from olefins containing at least two carbon atoms by reacting the olefin with carbon monoxide in the presence of: (i) a first complex of a selected Lewis acid with the ester or carboxylic acid, whichever is the reaction product recovered; (ii) a second complex of the Lewis acid with an alcohol, if an ester is being prepared, or with water, if a carboxylic acid is being prepared; and (iii) a metal carbonyl compound containing a Group IB transition metal in the first oxidation state; and by recovering the reaction product(s). The preferred olefin is propylene, the preferred ester to be prepared is methylisobutyrate, the preferred metal is copper and the preferred Lewis acid is boron trifluoride.
Inventors:
JIYOOJI EMU KUREIMAA
UORUTAA UEIZUMAN
HAABAATO SHII BURAUN
ROURANDO PETEITSUTO
UORUTAA UEIZUMAN
HAABAATO SHII BURAUN
ROURANDO PETEITSUTO
Application Number:
JP18294083A
Publication Date:
May 12, 1984
Filing Date:
September 30, 1983
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EXXON RESEARCH ENGINEERING CO
International Classes:
C07C67/38; B01J31/00; C07B61/00; C07C51/00; C07C51/14; C07C53/122; C07C67/00; C07C69/22; (IPC1-7): B01J31/16; C07C51/14; C07C53/124; C07C67/38; C07C69/22
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Minoru Nakamura