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OwnerJane Ellen Godlewski, Juan Esteban Velásquez +1inventors
InventorsJane Ellen Godlewski, Juan Esteban Velásquez, Dimitris Ioannis Collias
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Disclosed herein is a method that includes contacting (a) a gaseous mixture that includes (i) an inert gas and (ii) a vaporized liquid feed containing methyl-2-acetoxy propionate (MAPA) and an excipient, with (b) a material having a surface acidity of about 5 micromoles per gram (μmol/g) or less and a surface basicity of about 15 μmol/g or less, under conditions sufficient to produce a conversion product that includes methyl acrylate in a molar yield of at least about 85% from MAPA. The excipient is selected from the group consisting of acetic acid, formic acid, methyl acetate, lactic acid, carbon dioxide, and mixtures thereof. This method now makes possible the ability to further process the manufactured methyl acrylate into acrylic acid by either of two general routes that ultimately produce acrylic acid in a molar yield of at least about 80% from methyl acrylate and, preferably, substantially free of propanoic acid.
A method comprising contacting (a) a gaseous mixture comprising (i) an inert gas and (ii) a vaporized liquid feed comprising methyl-2-acetoxy propionate (MAPA) and an excipient, with (b) a material having a surface acidity of about 5 micromoles per gram (μmol/g) or less and a surface basicity of about 15 μmol/g or less, under conditions sufficient to produce a conversion product comprising methyl acrylate in a molar yield of at least about 85% from MAPA, wherein the excipient is selected from the group consisting of acetic acid, formic acid, methyl acetate, lactic acid, carbon dioxide, and mixtures thereof.
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