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US2815355A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method for preparing carboxylic acids

Assignee: Standard Oil Co
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Filing: 1954-07-07
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Granted: 1957-12-03
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Expires: 1974-07-07
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Robert H Hill

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 18:15
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C51/00; C07C51/16; C07C51/21; C07C51/23; C07C51/235; C07C45/00; C07C45/49; C07C45/50

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 132 words
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A SATURATED ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID FROM A C7 PROPYLENE-BUTYLENE INTERPOLYMER ****TION PRODUCT OBTAINED BY MEANS OF THE OXO PROCABOUT 53 PERCENT OCTYL ALDEHYDES, 15 PERCENT OCTYL ALCOHOLS, 7 PERCENT HIGH BOILING MATERIALS AND 25 PERCENT UNREACTED OLEFINS, WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES SUBSTANTIALLY ELIMINATING OLEFINS FROM SAID FORMYLATION PRODUCT BY DISTILLATION UNDER VACUUM AND OXIDIZING THE SUBSTANTIALLY OLEFIN-FREE ALDEHYDES BY BUBBLING OXYGEN THROUGH A LIQUID MASS THEREOF AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 70*C. AT AN OXYGEN RATE OF ABOUT 12 MOL PER MOL OF ALDEHYDE PER HOUR FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 8 HOURS WHEREBY ACID YEILD DURING THE 8 HOUR PERIOD IS ABOUT SEVEN TIMES GREATER THAN OBTAINABLE FROM THE SAME FORMYLATION PRODUCT BY OXIDIZING UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF THE OLEFIN ELIMUNATION STEP.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 132 words
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A SATURATED ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID FROM A C7 PROPYLENE-BUTYLENE INTERPOLYMER ****TION PRODUCT OBTAINED BY MEANS OF THE OXO PROCABOUT 53 PERCENT OCTYL ALDEHYDES, 15 PERCENT OCTYL ALCOHOLS, 7 PERCENT HIGH BOILING MATERIALS AND 25 PERCENT UNREACTED OLEFINS, WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES SUBSTANTIALLY ELIMINATING OLEFINS FROM SAID FORMYLATION PRODUCT BY DISTILLATION UNDER VACUUM AND OXIDIZING THE SUBSTANTIALLY OLEFIN-FREE ALDEHYDES BY BUBBLING OXYGEN THROUGH A LIQUID MASS THEREOF AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 70*C. AT AN OXYGEN RATE OF ABOUT 12 MOL PER MOL OF ALDEHYDE PER HOUR FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 8 HOURS WHEREBY ACID YEILD DURING THE 8 HOUR PERIOD IS ABOUT SEVEN TIMES GREATER THAN OBTAINABLE FROM THE SAME FORMYLATION PRODUCT BY OXIDIZING UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF THE OLEFIN ELIMUNATION STEP.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1960-12-02 1961-06-03 1961-12-03 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1968-12-02 1969-06-03 1969-12-03 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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