Process for preparing carboxylated organic compounds

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING CARBOXYLATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WHICH COMPRISES REACTING, AT TEMPERATURES FROM ABOUT -20*C. TO ABOUT 150*C. AND PRESSURES UP TO ABOUT 5,000 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH, INGREDIENETS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND AN ORGANIC COMPOUND OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS HAVING THE FOLLOWING GENERAL FORMULAS, RX, RX2, ROSO2R'' AND R2SO4, IN WHICH R REPRESENTS AN ORGANIC RADICAL OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SATURATED AND ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED ALIPHATIC AND CYCLOALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON RADICALS AND SUBSTITUTED SATURATED AND ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED ALIPHATIC AND CYLCOALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON RADICALS WHEREIN THE SUBSTITUTENT IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKOXY, ACYL, ACYLOXY, ARYL, NITRO, NITRATO, AND CYANO SUBSTITUENTS, X IS A HALOGEN, AND R'' REPRESENTS AN ORGANIC RADICAL OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, ALKENYL, CYCLOALKYL, ARYL, AND ARALKYL RADICALS, SAID X, X2, OSO2R'', AND SO4 SUBSTITUENTS BEING ATTACHED ONLY TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ALIPHATIC AND CYCLOALIPHATIC CARBON ATOMS OF SAID R RADICALS, WITH A SALT OF A METAL HYDROCARBONYL OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COBALT HYDROTETRACARBONYL AND IRON DIHYDROTETRACARBONYL TO FORM AN ACYL METAL CARBONYL COMPLEX, AND REACTING, UNDER THE AFORESAID CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE, THE THUS-FORMED ACYL METAL CARBONYL COMPLEX WITH A MATERIAL OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF WATER, ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS, MERCAPTANS, AMMONIA, HYDRAZINE, AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AMINES IN THE PRESENCE OF SUFFICIENT BASE TO KEEP THE REACTION MIXTURE BASIC.