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Title: Carboxylic acid accelerated formation of diesters

Patent ·
OSTI ID:645955

This invention pertains to accelerating the rate of formation of 1,1-dicarboxylic esters from the reaction of an aldehyde with a carboxylic acid anhydride or a ketene in the presence of a non-iodide containing a strong Bronsted acid catalyst by the addition of a carboxylic acid at about one bar pressure and between about 0 and 80 C in the substantial absence of a hydrogenation or carbonylation catalyst.

Research Organization:
Air Products and Chemicals Inc
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FC22-95PC93052
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,744,637/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-766,247
OSTI ID:
645955
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 28 Apr 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English