JPH0710789B

1. Process for making monocarboxylic anhydrides of the general formula (RCO)2 O by reacting a carboxylic acid ester of the general formula RCOOR or dialkylether of the general formula ROR, in each of which formulae R stands for one and the same alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, with carbon monoxide in gas phase in the presence of iodine or bromine or their compounds as a reaction promoter and also in the presence of a carrier-supported catalyst containing a compound of a noble metal belonging to group VIII of the Periodic System, at temperatures of 130 to 400 degrees C and under pressures of 1 to 150 bars, characterized in that, in the carrier-supported catalyst, an organosilicon compound containing an alkoxy or halogen group and also an organonitrogen, organophosphorus, organoarsenic, organosulfur, mercapto or thioether group as a polyfunctional adhesion promoter is linked to the carrier material on the one hand, and to the noble metal compound on the other hand.