Process for the manufacture of benzoic acid and salts thereof

A process for the manufacture of benzoic acid is described. The process is based on the reaction of toluene in a liquid phase oxidation with an oxygen containing gas in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst (a), a transitionn metal salt (b) and traces of a polar solvent, such as water, the molar...

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Hauptverfasser:	DAKKA, JIHAD, SASSON, YOEL, ZORAN, AMIKAM
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:	A process for the manufacture of benzoic acid is described. The process is based on the reaction of toluene in a liquid phase oxidation with an oxygen containing gas in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst (a), a transitionn metal salt (b) and traces of a polar solvent, such as water, the molar ratio between (a) and (b) being in the range of between 0.25:1 to 1.5:1. The phase-transfer catalyst is selected from quaternary ammonium and phosphonium salts having a total carbon atoms in the range of 17 to 58, the anion bound thereto being selected from Br, F, Cl, OH, CH3COO or HSO4. The benzoic acid produced is characterized by its very high purity and high conversion reaching generally values of above 95%.