Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process for the production of glycolic acid
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Application No.: US15564566Application Date: 2016-03-23
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Publication No.: US10087131B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Simon Wayne Jackson , Adam Armour Snaith , Michael William Marshall Tuck , David John Watson
- Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY DAVY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB London, England
- Assignee: Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited
- Current Assignee: Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB London, England
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Priority: GB1505981.9 20150408
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/050821 WO 20160323
- International Announcement: WO2016/162662 WO 20161013
- Main IPC: C07C51/10
- IPC: C07C51/10 ; C07C51/12 ; B01J31/02 ; B01J21/08

Abstract:
A process for the production of glycolic acid or derivatives thereof from formaldehyde comprising reacting formaldehyde with carbon monoxide and water in the presence of a silica catalyst, wherein from about 200 to about 5000 ppm of an alkyl silyl sulfonic acid is supplied to the reaction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180086686A1 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GLYCOLIC ACID Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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