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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.6276/DELNP/2008 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :18/07/2008 (43) Publication Date : 24/10/2008
(54) Title of the invention : "PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ACETIC ACID"
(51) International classification :C07C 51/12 (71)Name of Applicant :
(31) Priority Document No :0601863.4
1)BP CHEMICALS LIMITED
(32) Priority Date :30/01/2006
Address of Applicant :CHERTSEY ROAD, SUNBURY-ON-
(33) Name of priority country :U.K.
THAMES, MIDDLESEX, TW16 7BP, UK. U.K.
(86) International Application No :PCT/GB2007/000056 (72)Name of Inventor :
Filing Date
:10/01/2007
1)ANDREW JOHN MILLER
(87) International Publication No :WO 2007/085791 2)STEPHEN JAMES SMITH
(61) Patent of Addition to Application
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(62) Divisional to Application Number :NA
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(57) Abstract :
A process for the production of acetic acid by carbonylating methanol and or a reactive derivative thereof with carbon monoxide in the
presence of an iridium promoted carbonylation catalyst wherein the promoters am ruthenium and at least one of niobium and tantalum.
No. of Pages : 11 No. of Claims : 16
The Patent Office Journal 24/10/2008 25760