Acetoxylation process
AssigneeChem Systems Inc.
InventorsMartin B. Sherwin, I-Der Huang
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Abstract
Vicinal hydroxyesters and diesters are prepared by the oxidation of olefins with molecular oxygen in a carboxylic acid at a temperature of over 150.degree. C. in the presence of a catalyst combination containing tellurium and an iodide source.
Claims10
A process for preparing vicinal hydroxycarboxylates and vicinal dicarboxylates which comprises contacting an olefin with molecular oxygen in the liquid phase in the presence of a carboxylic acid at a temperature of at least 160.degree. C. in a reaction zone in the presence of a catalyst of a tellurium metal ion and an iodide source, said carboxylates being the same as the carboxylate group in said carboxylic acid.
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