A. Lapidus, S. Pirozhkov, A. Koryakin
Dec 1, 1978
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Russian Chemical Bulletin
Abstract
The carboxylation of ethylene with CO2 in the presence of tris (triphenylphosphine) rhodium chloride at 700 atm and 180° gave propionic acid, ethanol, and ethyl propionate in respective yields of 38.4, 24.3, and 11.2%, with an ethylene conversion of 91.4%.