Patents Assigned to AKZO NOBLEL N.V.
  • Process for the preparation of monochloroacetic acid
    Publication number: 20050272953
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for the production of monochloroacetic acid from chlorine and acetic acid in the presence of a catalyst by reactive distillation. The process and the required reactive distillation apparatus is much less complex than conventional reactors and yields a monochloroacetic acid product having a low content of over-chlorinated products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: AKZO NOBLEL N.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen Crouzen, Johannes Gorissen, Cornelis Johannes Van Strien