A reaction which uses an organo-ruthenium compound as a promoter in the presence of an Iridium catalyst was an improvement over this reaction which as it significantly increased the reaction rate and decreased the cost of the catalyst.
A reaction which uses an organo-ruthenium compound as a promoter in the presence of an Iridium catalyst was an improvement over this reaction which as it significantly increased the reaction rate and decreased the cost of the catalyst. That reaction is the Cativa reaction developed by British Petroleum. The rate determining step of this reaction, is the addition of the methyl iodide to the rhodium catalytic complex, which can form an insoluble iodide salt at low concentrations of carbon monoxide. This process has a very high atom economy which uses a syn-gas as a methanol source, and results in the addition of a carbonyl group between the carbon-oxygen bond in methanol. Developed by an American agricultural company, for 10 points, identify this industrial process used to produce acetic acid.
A reaction which uses an organo-ruthenium compound as a promoter in the presence of an Iridium catalyst was an improvement over this reaction which as it significantly increased the reaction rate and decreased the cost of the catalyst.
{Monsanto} process [accept {Cativa} process until mentioned]