Selective oxidation of ozonolysis inter-condensation products to carboxylic acids with ozone catalyzed oxygen in the presence of at least two mols of formic acid per mol equivalent of peroxide groups

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR PREPARING A CARBOXYLIC ACID FROM A PEROXIDIC INTERCONDENSATION PRODUCT OF AN OLEFIN HAVING AT LEAST ONE HYDROGEN ATOM ATTACHED TO THE CARBON ATOMS LINKED BY THE OLEFINIC DOUBLE BOND, OZONE, AND A REACTIVE TYPE SOLVENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE C1 TO C4 ALKYL ALCOHOLS, FORMIC ACID, ACETIC ACID AND MIXTURES THEREOF, PREPARED BY OZONOLYSIS OF SAID OLEFIN IN SOLUTION IN SAID SOLVENT, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF DISSOLVING SAID INTERCONDENSATION PRODUCT IN A SOLVENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FORMIC ACID AND MIXTURES OF FORMIC ACID WITH ACETIC ACID, FLOWING A MIXTURE OF MOLECULAR OXYGEN WITH A CATALYTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNT FROM ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 1% OF OZONE THROUGH SAID SOLUTION AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 20*C. AND REFLUX TEMPERATURE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.5 TO 10 HOURS SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT CONVERSION OF THE INTERCONDENSATION PRODUCT TO A CORRESPONDING CARBOXYLIC ACID AND THEREAFTER RECOVERING SAID CARBOXYLIC ACID, SAID SOLVENT CONTAINING AT LEAST 2 MOLS OF FORMIC ACID PER MOL EQUIVALENT OF PEROXIDE GROUP.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR PREPARING A CARBOXYLIC ACID FROM A PEROXIDIC INTERCONDENSATION PRODUCT OF AN OLEFIN HAVING AT LEAST ONE HYDROGEN ATOM ATTACHED TO THE CARBON ATOMS LINKED BY THE OLEFINIC DOUBLE BOND, OZONE, AND A REACTIVE TYPE SOLVENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE C1 TO C4 ALKYL ALCOHOLS, FORMIC ACID, ACETIC ACID AND MIXTURES THEREOF, PREPARED BY OZONOLYSIS OF SAID OLEFIN IN SOLUTION IN SAID SOLVENT, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF DISSOLVING SAID INTERCONDENSATION PRODUCT IN A SOLVENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FORMIC ACID AND MIXTURES OF FORMIC ACID WITH ACETIC ACID, FLOWING A MIXTURE OF MOLECULAR OXYGEN WITH A CATALYTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNT FROM ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 1% OF OZONE THROUGH SAID SOLUTION AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 20*C. AND REFLUX TEMPERATURE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.5 TO 10 HOURS SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT CONVERSION OF THE INTERCONDENSATION PRODUCT TO A CORRESPONDING CARBOXYLIC ACID AND THEREAFTER RECOVERING SAID CARBOXYLIC ACID, SAID SOLVENT CONTAINING AT LEAST 2 MOLS OF FORMIC ACID PER MOL EQUIVALENT OF PEROXIDE GROUP.