US4975155A
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Removal of iodine or iodide impurities
Assignee: BP Chemicals Ltd
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Filing: 1989-09-19
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Granted: 1990-12-04
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Expires: 2009-09-19
Abstract
Abstract A process for removing iodine or soluble iodide impurities from a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride, the carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride having been produced by a carbonylation process, comprises step (a) treating impure carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride containing iodine or soluble iodide impurities with an unsupported scavenger at a temperature of between 20 and 250 DEG C and step (b) thereafter separating the treated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride from the scavenger characterised in that the scavenger consists of a silver salt in the absence of a trialkyl phosphine, a triaryl phosphine and a heterocyclic aromatic nitrogen compound. The preferred scavenger for acetic acid and acetic anhydride is silver acetate.
Inventors
- 👤 Benjamin P. Gracey
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 19:16
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C51/00; C07C51/54; C07C51/573; C07C51/42; C07C51/487; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S203/00; Y10S203/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
A process for removing iodine or soluble iodide impurities from a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride, the carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride having been produced by a carbonylation process, which process consists essentially of (a) treating the carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride containing iodine or soluble iodide impurities with a soluble silver salt in the absence of a trialkyl phosphine, a triaryl phosphine and a heterocyclic nitrogen compound, and step (b) thereafter separating the treated carboxylic acid and carboxylic acid anhydride by distillation from silver iodide produced in step (a), wherein the impure carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride contains at least 300 parts per million by weight in total of iodine and soluble iodide impurities and the treated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride contains less than 100 parts per billion by weight in total of iodine and soluble iodide impurities.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
A process for removing iodine or soluble iodide impurities from a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride, the carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride having been produced by a carbonylation process, which process consists essentially of (a) treating the carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride containing iodine or soluble iodide impurities with a soluble silver salt in the absence of a trialkyl phosphine, a triaryl phosphine and a heterocyclic nitrogen compound, and step (b) thereafter separating the treated carboxylic acid and carboxylic acid anhydride by distillation from silver iodide produced in step (a), wherein the impure carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride contains at least 300 parts per million by weight in total of iodine and soluble iodide impurities and the treated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride contains less than 100 parts per billion by weight in total of iodine and soluble iodide impurities.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the silver salt is silver acetate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the silver salt is the silver salt of the carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride which is treated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride is chosen from the group consisting of acetic acid, propionic acid and acetic anhydride.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the step (a) is carried out at a temperature in the range 80°-150° C.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride is treated with the silver salt for a period of time in the range from 10 to 100 minutes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the treated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride contains less than 20 parts per billion by weight in total of iodine and soluble iodide impurities.
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