PROCESS FOR THE CARBONYLATION OF ETHYLENE AND CATALYST SYSTEM FOR USE THEREIN

摘要

A catalyst system capable of catalyzing the carbonylation of ethylene and a process which uses such a system wherein the catalyst system is obtainable by combining a metal of Group VIII, e.g., palladium, or a compound thereof and a bidentate phosphine, e.g. bis(di-t-butyl phospino)-o-xylene, according to the equation C2H4+CO+ROH->C2H5CO2R,.