MANUFACTURE OF ARYL ESTER

摘要

An improved process for the manufacture of higher aromatic hydrocarbon esters, such as naphthyl esters, by liquid phase reaction of the higher aromatic hydrocarbon compound with molecular oxygen in the presence of a higher carboxylic acid over a catalyst composed essentially of a compound of palladium and an antimony compound wherein the aromatic compound is dissolved in an inert solvent and is added continuously to the reaction zone and water formed in the reaction is rapidly and continuously removed from the reaction zone.