11 mai 2016 · The strategy opens a new way for acetic acid production and CO2 transformation, and represents a significant progress in synthetic chemistry
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It is a large-scale operation employing a rhodium/iodide catalyst converting methanol and carbon monoxide into acetic acid At standard conditions the reaction
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methanol to acetic acid was announced by BP Chemicals, based on a promoted measured at 50 per cent conversion of methyl acetate Control experiment
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indicates that the methanol is converted to methyl acetate through esterification ( chemical Eq (11)) with acetic acid and then carbonylated as cited in the
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