ANTHRACENE AND OTHER POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS AS ACTIVATORS IN THE OXIDATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
Application 829/MUMNP/2006 published 2007-04-13, filed 2006-07-13
The present invention relates to the liquid phase oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons in the presence of at least one heavy metal oxidation catalyst and bromine, which is activated by at least one of anthracene or another polycyclic aromatic compound to produce aromatic carboxylic acids.
Applicant
1)BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
:4101 Winfield Road, Warrenville,IL 60555, U.S.A.
Inventor
1)Schammel,Wayne,P. 2)Adamian,Victor,A. 3)Viswanath,Yenamandra 4)Zakharov,Igor,V. No of Pages : 39 No of Claims : 51
International Info
Classification: C07C51/00
Publication Number: WO2005/066106A2
Application Date: 2004-11-12
Priority Information
60/530,759 U.S.A. 2003-12-18