Low pressure nickel catalyzed methanol carbonylation

Conference · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem., Prepr.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5282605

Rizkalla, N

The rhodium-catalyzed methanol carbonylation process to acetic acid, developed by Monsanto, was an important contribution to organic chemical processing. Prior to the development of Monsanto's technology, carbonylation of methanol was practiced by BASF in a higher pressure, lower selectivity, cobalt-catalyzed process. The cobalt catalyst required a system pressure of 7500 to 10,000 psig. This process was based on W. Reppe's discovery that the ''iron group'' can catalyze the carbonylation of methanol in the presence of a limited amount of halide. The rhodium process is highly selective and operates under mild reaction pressure, 500 to 1000 psig. However, because of the high price of rhodium, an expensive and elaborate rhodium recovery section is an integrated part of the new acetic acid plant. This is a big financial burden especially in a scaled down plant because the same size of recovery section has to be used in the small plant. It is evident that the next improvement in this technology is to develop a process catalyzed by a less expensive but as selective and as active catalyst as rhodium.

• Research Organization: Halcon Research, One Philips Parkway, Montvale, NJ
• OSTI ID: 5282605
• Report Number(s): CONF-860425-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem., Prepr.; (United States) Journal Volume: 31:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400201* -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
400301 -- Organic Chemistry-- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties-- (-1987)
ACETIC ACID
ALCOHOLS
CARBONYLATION
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHEMICAL PLANTS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COST
ELEMENTS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HIGH PRESSURE
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
IRON COMPOUNDS
LOW PRESSURE
MEDIUM PRESSURE
METALS
METHANOL
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
NICKEL
OPERATING COST
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLATINUM METALS
RHODIUM
SYNTHESIS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
YIELDS