Ethyl acetate from ethanol
AssigneeThe Standard Oil Company
InventorsMichael F. Lemanski, Joseph B. Hazen, Patricia R. Blum
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Abstract
Disclosed is a process for making ethyl acetate which comprises reacting in a reaction zone ethyanol and molecular oxygen in the presence of a solid catalyst containing the elements and proportions indicated by the empirical formula Pd.sub.a M.sub.b TiP.sub.c O.sub.x (formula 1) where M is selected from Cd, Au, Zn, Tl, alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, a is from 0.0005 to 0.2 b is from zero to 3a c is 0.5 to 2.5, and x is a value sufficient to satisfy the valence requirements of the other elements present, and wherein said catalyst contains crystalline TiP.sub.2 O.sub.7.
Claims2
A process for making ethyl acetate which comprises reacting in a reaction zone ethanol and molecular oxygen in the presence of a solid catalyst that (1) contains crystalline TiP.sub.2 O.sub.7, titanium pyrophosphate, and (2) has the elements and proportions indicated by the empirical formula
- Pd.sub.a M.sub.b TiP.sub.c O.sub.x (formula 1)
- where M is selected from Cd, Au, Zn, Tl, alkali metals and alkaline earth metals,
- a is from 0.0005 to 0.2
- b is from zero to 3a
- c is 0.5 to 2.5, and
- x is a value sufficient to satisfy the valence requirements of the other elements present, and
- the Ti and P of said crystalline TiP.sub.2 O.sub.7 represents part of the Ti and P of said formula 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.