Carbonylation process using bound silver and/or copper mordenite catalysts
AssigneeBP Chemicals Limited
InventorsEvert Jan Ditzel, David John Law, John Glenn Sunley
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Abstract
A process for the carbonylation of dimethyl ether and/or methanol with carbon monoxide to produce methyl acetate and/or acetic acid in the presence of a catalyst formed by compositing a mordenite loaded with silver and/or copper, with an inorganic oxide binder.
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A process for the carbonylation of a carbonylatable reactant selected from at least one of dimethyl ether and methanol, with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst to produce a carbonylation product selected from at least one of methyl acetate and acetic acid, which catalyst is formed by compositing a mordenite loaded with at least one of silver and copper, with an inorganic oxide binder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.