摘要 |
<p>A process for the production of acetic acid and/or acetic anhydride which process comprises carbonylating with carbon monoxide in a liquid reaction composition in a carbonylation reactor at least one methyl ester of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having a boiling point equal to or greater than the temperature of the carbonylation reaction in the presence of a Group VIII metal carbonylation catalyst, a hydrocarbyl halide co-catalyst and in the presence or absence of water.</p> |