摘要:
A method for separating and recovering dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and ethylene glycol (EG) from a polyester (polyethylene terephthalate (PET)) waste containing foreign matter, which comprises a step of treating a polyester waste in the EG containing a depolymerization catalyst at 175 to 190°C under 0.1 to 0.5 Mpa and removing the solid foreign matter floating on the surface of the resultant liquid reaction mixture by the flotation method, a step of removing the residual solid foreign matter from the resultant mixture by the solid-liquid separation method, a step of subjecting the resultant solution to distillation and condensation and recovering the EG having distilled out, a step of adding a transesterification catalyst and methanol to the resulting residual solution to effect a transesterification between the residual solution and methanol to thereby form DMT and EG and subjecting the resultant reaction mixture to a recrystallization treatment followed by a centrifugal separation treatment, to thereby separate the mixture into a cake of DMT and a mixed solution, and subjecting the cake to rectification to distill out and recover a high purity DMT, a step of subjecting the residual mixed solution to distillation to recover methanol, and a step of subjecting the resultant residue to distillation to recover EG.
摘要:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an optically active compound from raw materials comprising a di-ester and a chiral hydroxy-compound according to formula (I):
wherein: - R 1 , R 2 , R 4 and R 5 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1-20 C-atoms, an alkenyl group with 2-20 C-atoms, an alkynyl group with 2-20 C-atoms,or an (hetero)aryl group with 4-20 C-atoms optionally containing one or more O, S or N atoms, - R 3 represents an alkyl group with 1-20 C-atoms, an alkenyl group with 2-20 C-atoms, an alkynyl group with 2-20 C-atoms, or an (hetero)aryl group with 4-20 C-atoms optionally containing one or more O, S or N atoms, - the compound according to formula (I) comprises at least one chiral centre that has an α-carbon relative to a secondary hydroxy group,
comprising the steps of a) bringing the di-ester, optionally a solvent, and the chiral hydroxy-compound according to formula (I) together to form a reaction system; b) adding an asymmetric transesterification catalyst, a racemisation catalyst and optionally a racemisation catalyst re-activating compound to the reaction system; c) bringing the reaction system to conditions where racemisation and enantioselective transesterefication take place, whereby the optically active compound is formed,
whereby steps a), b) and c) may be executed sequentially or simultaneously, and whereby the chiral hydroxy-compound according to formula (I) may in step a) be partially or wholly replaced by the combination of the corresponding ketone and a reducing agent.
摘要:
A process comprising feeding continuously a cyclic carbonate and an aliphatic monohydric alcohol to a continuous multi-stage distillation column and forming (A) a dialkyl carbonate and (B) a diol, wherein a gaseous low boiling point mixture containing (A) is continuously withdrawn from the upper portion of the distillation column, while continuously withdrawing a liquid high boiling point mixture containing (B) from the lower portion of the distillation column, and a transesterification is carried out under a condition satisfying the following requirements (a) to (c): (a) 5 x 104 Pa or less in terms of the bottom pressure of the continuous multi-stage distillation column, (b) -20 °C to a temperature lower than 60 °C in terms of the bottom temperature of the continuous multi-stage distillation column, (c) 0.2 to 5.0 in terms of F-factor of the continuous multi-stage distillation column represented by the following formula (1): F-factor = u¿g? (ςg)?1/2¿ wherein u¿g? represents a gas flow rate in the continuous multi-stage distillation column (m/s), and ςg represents a gas density in the continuous multi-stage distillation column (kg/m?3¿).
摘要:
According to the present application, a process is provided wherein benzyl acetate of high purity can be produced economically in one step reaction of oxyacetoxylation by constructing a distillation purification process in consideration of the boiling points, the solubilities, and the azeotropy of the components including benzyl acetate as an oxyacetoxylation product, unreacted toluene and acetic acid, and recycling the process distillation fractions to the specified process, by use of a specific catalyst composed of an alloy of palladium and bismuth supported on silica exhibiting high selectivity and has a long life of the catalyst. Furthermore, a process is provided wherein benzyl alcohol which cannot readily be isolated and purified from the hydrolysis product of benzyl acetate can be produced economically by constructing an isolation-purification process in consideration of the azeotropy of the components including benzyl alcohol and acetic acid as hydrolysis products, unreacted benzyl acetate and water, and recycling the process fractions to the specified process, and by using, as the catalyst, a sulfonated styrenedivinylbenzene copolymer having divinylbenzene units in a specified content range, and by reacting the starting materials in a specific ratio. Moreover, according to the present application, benzyl alcohol can be produced economically by transesterification of benzyl acetate with methanol in the presence of a basic catalyst, and combining process fractions reasonably in consideration of the later isolation-purification process.
摘要:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyalcohols comprising the following stages: (a) reaction of an alcanal or ketone with formaldehyde in an aqueous solution in the presence of a tertiary amine; (b) separation of water, excess tertiary amine, excess formaldehyde; (c) heating of the remaining mixture of (b) separating further formaldehyde and tertiary amine and formation of polyalcohol formates; (d) conveying of tertiary amine separated from stage (b) and/ or stage (c) into the synthesis stage (a) and/or into the following transesterification stage (e); (e) transesterification of the polyalcohol formates obtained from stage (c) with an alcohol of the formula ROH in the presence of a transesterification catalyst to form polyalcohols and formates of the formula (I), R being a hydrocarbon radical, preferably an alkyl radical with 1-6, in particular preferably 1-2 C-atoms; (f) retrieval of polyalcohols.
摘要:
A process for producing simultaneously tetrahydrofuran and 1,4-butanediol in any desired proportion which comprises (a) reacting the acetic ester of 1,4-butanediol with a theoretical or smaller quantity, based on said acetic ester, of water (preferably 0.2-0.8 mole of water per mole of said acetic ester) in the presence of an acidic catalyst, (b) distilling, in the first distillation column, the reaction mixture to separate it into a distillate comprising tetrahydrofuran as major constituent and a bottom stream comprising as major constituent the acetic ester of 1,4-butanediol and (c) subjecting, in the second reaction-distillation column, at least a part of said bottom stream to a counter-current gas-liquid contact reaction with methanol, the quantity of said methanol being preferably 1-5 moles per mole of the acetate group of the acetic ester, in the presence of an acidic or basic catalyst and, simultaneously therewith, separating the reaction mixture into a bottom stream comprising 1,4-butanediol as major constituent and a distillate comprising methyl acetate as major constituent. By this process, methanol and catalyst can be economized to a great extent.