Disclosed is a hydrocarboxylation process for the production of carboxylic acid from olefins wherein an olefin, water, a Group VIII metal hydrocarboxylation catalyst, an onium salt compound are combined in a reaction zone and contacted with carbon monoxide under hydrocarboxylation conditions of pressure and temperature The process does not require or utilize the addition of a hydrogen halide or an alkyl halide exogenous or extraneous to the hydrocarboxylation process.
揭示了一种从烯烃生产
羧酸的羟基羧化过程,其中在反应区域中将烯烃、
水、第VIII族
金属羟基羧化催化剂和一个胞离子盐化合物结合,并在压力和温度的羟基羧化条件下与
一氧化碳接触。该过程不需要或利用氢卤化物或烷基卤化物作为羟基羧化过程的外部添加物。