Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (DEFINED AS CARBOXYLIC ACIDS I) AND OF UNSATURATED ESTERS OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (DEFINED AS CARBOXYLIC ACIDS II), WHEREBY THE CARBOXYLIC ACID II MAY BE IDENTICAL WITH THE CARBOXYLIC ACID I, BY REACTING AN OLEFINIC COMPOUND IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ALDEHYDE, WHICH IN STRUCTURE AND NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS CORRESPONDS TO THE CARBOXYLIC ACID I, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CARBOXYLIC ACID II, EACH OF THE SAID OLEFINIC COMPOUND, THE SAID ALDEHYDE AND THE SAID CARBOXYLIC ACIDS CONTAINING 2 TO 20 CARBON ATOMS, WITH MOLECULAR OXYGEN OR AIR IN THE GAS PHASE, AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND IN CONTACT WITH A PALLADIUM-CONTAINING CARRIER CATALYST.