Process for converting olefins to unsaturated esters, using catalysts containing palladium hydroxamates
AssigneeInstitut Francais du Petrole
InventorsJean P. Laloz, Hubert Mimoun, Jean J. Rouxel, Lucien Saussine
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Abstract
Olefins are oxidized to unsaturated esters by means of molecular oxygen in the presence of a carboxylic acid and an organometallic palladium complex containing two identical or different hydroxamate anions or one hydroxamate anion and a carboxylate anion, said complex acting as catalyst.
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In a catalytic process for manufacturing an unsaturated ester by oxidizing an olefin in the presence of molecular oxygen, a carboxylic acid and a catalyst, the improvement wherein said catalyst comprises an organometallic palladium complex having the formula PdAA', wherein A is a hydroxamate anion;
- and A' is an identical or different hydroxamate anion or a carboxylate anion.
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