PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDES

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDE COMPRISES CONTACTING A REACTION COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTER, A HYDROCARBYL HALIDE AND/OR A HYDROCARBYL ETHER REACTANT AND A HYDROCARBYL HALIDE PROMOTER WITH CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST COMPRISING AN INSO...

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Main Authors ROBERT JOHN WATT, JOHN GLENN SUNLEY, BRUCE LEO WILLIAMS, DERRICK JOHN WATSON
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LanguageEnglish
Published 30.08.2007
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Summary:A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDE COMPRISES CONTACTING A REACTION COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTER, A HYDROCARBYL HALIDE AND/OR A HYDROCARBYL ETHER REACTANT AND A HYDROCARBYL HALIDE PROMOTER WITH CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST COMPRISING AN INSOLUBLE POLYMER SUPPORT HAVING PENDANT QUATERNISED N-BASE OR ALKYLATED N-OXIDE PYRIDINE GROUPS SUPPORTING A RHODIUM SPECIES IN WHICH PROCESS THE RHODIUM SPECIES IS PREVENTED FROM LEACHING FROM THE POLYMER SUPPORT BY MAINTAINING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS A FINITE CONCENTRATION OF CARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDE IN THE REACTION COMPOSITION.
Bibliography:Application Number: MY1994PI00439