319. ------. [CARPENTER, G. B.] (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.) Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids. United States Patent 1,924,766, Aug. 29, 1933, appl. filed Aug. 24, 1931. Serial No. 559,130: 27 claims (Cl. 260-116). Chem. Abs., vol. 27, 1933. p. 5340.

Patent Abstracts

319. ------. [CARPENTER, G. B.] (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.) Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids. United States Patent 1,924,766, Aug. 29, 1933, appl. filed Aug. 24, 1931. Serial No. 559,130: 27 claims (Cl. 260-116). Chem. Abs., vol. 27, 1933. p. 5340.

General claim is made to the production of propionic acid or other aliphatic carboxylic acids from steam, CO, and an olefinic hydrocarbon such as C₂H₄ in accord with the reaction expressed by the equation RR’C:CR’R”’+H₂O+CO=CHRR’.CR”R”’COOH in which R, R’, R” and R’” represent H or an alkyl radical.