In the 1980's, Hoechst Celanese developed an improvement of this process which involved the use of lithium iodide, known as "low water" form of this process.
In the 1980's, Hoechst Celanese developed an improvement of this process which involved the use of lithium iodide, known as "low water" form of this process. It is similar to a newer, more environmentally friendly process which uses an iridium catalyst as opposed to the rhodium catalyst, the Cativa process. That rhodium based catalyst is a complex consisting of two carbonyl and two iodine ligands which sees the oxidative addition of methyl iodide derived from methanol, thus this reaction can be seen simply as a reaction between carbon monoxide and methanol. For 10 points, identify this process that synthesizes a compound with formula CH3COOH, acetic acid.
In the 1980's, Hoechst Celanese developed an improvement of this process which involved the use of lithium iodide, known as "low water" form of this process.
{Monsanto} process