Abstract:
An aromatic acid is prepared by reacting in the liquid phase an aromatic with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of palladium and ferric chloride and bromides and mixtures thereof and an anhydrous organic liquid inert to the above reactants and catalyst at a temperature between about 100* C. and 300* C. and at a pressure to maintain liquid phase, and then hydrolyzing the resultant carbonylated compound to said aromatic acid.
Abstract:
Substituted pyridines are prepared by reacting an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide, water and ammonia in a liquid medium containing a Group VIII noble metal catalyst in complex association with a biphyllic ligand or an aromatic heterocyclic amine at a temperature of 50* to 400* C and a pressure of 5 to 300 atmospheres. A typical process comprises contacting ethylene, carbon monoxide and water with a liquid reaction medium containing rhodium trichloride and triphenylphosphine to produce dihydrodimethylethylpyridine.
Abstract:
THE INVENTION COMPRISES REACTING AN ALDEHYDE AND A CARBOXYLIC ACID IN A LIQUID REACTIO MEDIUM CONTAINING A GROUP VIII NOBLE METAL, PREFERABLY IN COMPLEX WITH A BIPHYLLIC LIGAND, TO PRODUCE AN ALDEHYDE CONTAINING THE HYDROCARBON RADICAL OF THE REACTANT ACID AND A CARBOXYLIC ACID CONTAINING THE HYDROCARON RADICAL OF THE ALDEHYDE. A TYPICAL PROCESS COMPRISES REACTING ETHANAL WITH STEARIC ACID TO PRODUCE OCTADECANAL. THE INVENTION HAS PARTICULAR UTILITY IN CONVERTING LOWER ALDEHYDES TO HIGHER AND MORE VALUABLE ALDEHYDES.
Abstract:
A METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF DIHYDROCARBYL CARBONATES FROM A TRIHALOMETHANE IS DISCLOSED. IN THE PROCCESS, A TRIHALOMETHANE IS CONTACTED WITH A SATURATED ALIPHATIC OR ALIYCLIC MONOALCOHOL HAVING FROM 1 TO 20 CARBON ATOMS IN THE PRESENCE OF MERCURIC OXIDE OR A MERCURIC SALT AND WATER AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 0* TO ABOUT 250*C. AND A PRESSURE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN LIQUID PHASE CONDITIONS TO OXIDIZE THE TRIHALOMETHANE TO THE DIHYDROCARBYL CARBONATE.
Abstract:
THE INVENTION COMPRISES THE CARBONYLATION OF A HYDROCARBON OLEFIN BY CONTACTING THE OLEFIN AND CARBON MONOXIDE WITH A CARBONYL COMPOUND IN THE PRESENCE OF A GROUP VIII NOBLE METAL CATALYST TO PRODUCE AN ESTER OF AN UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACID. A TYPICAL PROCESS COMPRISES CONTACTING TEHYLENE AND CARBON MONOXIDE WITH BUTANAL IN A LIQUID MEDIUM CONTAINING A PALLADIUM CATALYST TO PRODUCE BUTYL ARCYLATE, A VALUABLE POLYMERIZATION MONOMER.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS COMPRISING REACTING AN OLEFIN, CARBON MONOXIDE AND WATER IN THE PRESENCE OF HYDROGEN AND A CATALYST COMPRISING RHODIUM.