摘要:
The present invention provides for an improved process wherein an olefin, an alcohol, or an ester, halide or ether derivative of said alcohol is reacted with carbon monoxide in a liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst system that contains (a) a rhodium component, and (b) an iodine or bromine component. By passing at least a portion of the liquid reaction mass from the reaction zone to a separation zone of substantially lower CO partial pressure, at least a portion of the carbonylation products, as well as unreacted carbon monoxide, inert gases, and unreacted olefin, alcohol, or alcohol derivatives are vaporized and can be withdrawn from the separation zone. Precipitation of the rhodium catalyst under carbon monoxide deficient conditions is prevented or retarded by addition to the system of a stabilizer component selected from
(1) N,N,N',N' - tetramethyl-o-phenylenediamine and 2,3' dipyridyl, (2) a substituted diphosphine having the formula wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 4 and R s are alkyl or aryl substituted alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or in which R 1 , R 2 , R 4 and R 5 are aryl or alkyl substituted aryl radicals having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; and R 3 is a polymethylene group having 1-3 atoms, (3) a dibasic or polybasic carboxylic acid having the formula
摘要:
Alkylidene diesters such as ethylidene diacetate are selectively produced in high yields by reacting an ether and/or an ester under substantially anhydrous conditions with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in contact with a catalyst system comprising a rhodium compound, a halogen component, a palladium cocatalyst and a promoter component which is an agent for liberation of carboxylic acid anions. The process is carried out in the liquid phase in a solvent comprising a carboxylic acid at a temperature in the range of 150 to 190°C. and at a carbon monoxide partial pressure in the range from about 1.0 to 1100 kg/ cm 2 and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen mole ratio of 6:1 to 1:2 for the ester reaction and 10:1 to 1:2 for the ether reaction. When ethylidene diacetate is the product, it can then be decomposed to produce vinyl acetate and acetic acid by well-known techniques. Since one mole of acetic acid is also produced in the synthesis of the diacetate, the invention makes possible an overall process for the production of vinyl acetate which produces acetic acid rather than consumes it.
摘要:
Certain (1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinanemethan) amine compounds, which are useful as halogen-free flame retardant compounds, are disclosed. The compounds are particularly useful in polyurethane compositions.