摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for the purification of raw acetone deriving from processes for the production of phenol acetone, impurity mainly due to cumene, water, aldehydes and methanol, which comprises:
feeding the stream of raw acetone coming from the primary fractionation of a plant for the production of phenol/acetone to a first distillation column to which a solution of sodium hydroxide at 2% is also fed; sending the stream at the head of the first column, consisting of acetone, water and cumene to a second column to which the extractive solvent triethyleneglycol is also fed; recovering the practically anhydrous acetone from the head of the second column; feeding the bottom product of the second column, containing triethyleneglycol, water, cumene and acetone to a third distillation column in which an azeotropic mixture of water/cumene is recovered from the head and anhydrous triethyleneglycol from the tail; sending the azeotropic mixture of water/cumene to a decanter in which a water phase is separated, containing acetone, which is recycled to the first column and an organic phase, containing cumene and acetone, which is sent to the primary fractionation.
摘要:
In a process for separating a mixture comprising cyclohexanone and phenol, at least a portion of the mixture is distilled in the presence of a solvent including at least two alcoholic hydroxyl groups attached to non-adjacent saturated carbon atoms, water, and in the presence or absence of a hemiketal defined by the formula (I) or the formula (II): wherein R 1 , the same or different at each occurrence, is independently an alkylene group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, R 2 is an alkylene group having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms and/or R 3 is hydrogen or the following group: and in the presence or absence of an enol-ether derived from the hemiketal defined by the formula (I) or the formula (II), wherein the total concentration of the hemiketal and enol-ether, expressed in term of weight percentage of the total weight of the feed to the distilling step, is at most 0.01%.
摘要:
A process for removing acetone from a methyl acetate, methyl iodide and acetone mixture includes the step of removing a side stream from the distillation zone rich in acetone. In a preferred embodiment the methyl acetate, methyl iodide and acetone mixture is contacted with water before or concurrently with fractional distillation. The process is particularly applicable to removing acetone by-product in a carbonylation process for the production of acetic anhydride.
摘要:
Disclosed is a continuous process for the manufacture of 2-ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)hexanal wherein 2-ethylhexanal, formaldehyde and a tertiary amine are continuously fed to a reaction zone and crude product comprising an aqueous phase and an organic phase containing 2-ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)hexanal and 2-ethylhexanal is continuously removed from the reaction zone. Also disclosed are processes for (1) the azeotropic distillation of the organic phase of the crude product whereby unreacted 2-ethylhexanal is recovered and (2) the catalytic hydrogenation of the refined, organic phase of the crude product to produce 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol.