Abstract:
Amines of general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alkynyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.20 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.20 -alkylcycloalkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.20 -cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -alkylaryl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -aralkyl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form a saturated or unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.9 -alkylene chain and R.sup.3 or R.sup.5 is C.sub.21 -C.sub.200 -alkyl or C.sub.21 -C.sub.200 -alkenyl, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 together form a C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkylene chain, are prepared by reacting an olefin of the general formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 have the above-mentioned meanings, with ammonia or primary or secondary amines of the general formula III ##STR3## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the abovementioned meanings, at from 200.degree. to 350.degree. C. and from 100 to 300 bar in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, by a process in which the heterogeneous catalyst used is an oxide of group IVB or VIB or a mixture thereof on a carrier.
Abstract:
A process for the preparatiion of an amine which comprises reacting a primary or secondary alcohol and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia and primary and secondary amines, at temperatures of from 80.degree. to 250.degree. C. and pressures of from 1 to 400 bar using hydrogen in the presence of a zirconium/copper/nickel catalyst, wherein the catalytically active material contains from 20 to 85 wt % of oxygen-containing zirconium compounds, calculated as ZrO.sub.2, from 1 to 30 wt % of oxygen-containing compounds of copper, calculated as CuO, from 30 to 70 wt % of oxygen-containing compounds of nickel, calculated as NiO, from 0.1 to 5 wt % of oxygen-containing compounds of molybdenum, calculated as MoO.sub.3 and from 0 to 10 wt % of oxygen-containing compounds of aluminum and/or manganese, calculated as Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 or MnO.sub.2, respectively.
Abstract:
5-Methylbutyrolactone is prepared by a process in which a pentenoic ester of the formula IX--CO.sub.2 R (I),where X is CH.sub.2 .dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, CH.sub.3 --CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 -- or CH.sub.3 --CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH-- and R is alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl, or a mixture of these esters is reacted with water at from 50.degree. to 350.degree. C. in the presence or absence of a diluenta) over a zeolite and/or phosphate catalyst orb) in the presence of from 0.01 to 0.25 mole of a sulfonic acid, a Lewis acid and/or a non-oxidizing mineral acid per mole of pentenoic ester or over from 0.1 to 40% by weight, based on the pentenoic ester, of a strongly acidic ion exchanger as a catalyst in a first stage, or the pentenoic ester of the formula I, where X and R have the stated meanings, is hydrolyzed in a first stage with the aid of a strongly acidic ion exchanger as a catalyst to give the pentenoic acid of the formula I, where R is hydrogen, and the resulting pentenoic acid is subjected to cyclization in a second stage in the presence of from 0.005 to 0.1 mole of a sulfonic acid, a Lewis acid or a non-oxidizing mineral acid per mole of pentenoic acid or over from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the pentenoic acid, of a strongly acidic ion exchanger at from 50.degree. to 350.degree. C.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of dialkyl carbonates of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, by reaction of alcohols R.sup.1 OH with a gaseous carbon monoxide/oxygen mixture in the presence of a copper catalyst and a co-solvent at elevated temperature and pressure wherein the co-solvent used is a cyclic urea of the general formula II ##STR2## in which n is equal to 2, 3 or 4 and R.sup.2 denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl.
Abstract:
5-Formylvaleric esters are prepared by a process which comprises the following steps:(a) Hydroformylation of a pentenoic ester by reaction with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperatures and under superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a carbonyl complex of a metal of group 8 of the Periodic Table with formation of a mixture of 5-, 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters,(b) Isolation of the 5-formylvaleric ester from the resulting mixture of 5-, 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters, a mixture essentially consisting of 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters remaining,(c) Cleavage of the mixture essentially consisting of 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters at from 50.degree. to 400.degree. C. in the presence of a catalyst to give pentenoic esters and(d) Recycling of the pentenoic esters to stage (a).
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of carbonyl compounds by catalyzed isomerization of allyl alcohols in a tertiary phosphine or phosphite ester in the presence of a rhodium compound at a temperature of from 80.degree. C. to 180.degree. C., a carrier gas being passed through the reaction mixture and the carbonyl compound being separated from the emergent gas mixture by cooling.
Abstract:
.delta.-Formylvalerates are prepared by a process wherein a 3-pentenoate is treated with an isomerization catalyst at elevated temperatures and a 4-pentenoate is distilled off, and the resulting 4-pentenoate is reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at from 80 to 160.degree. C. under from 1 to 30 bar in the presence of a rhodium carbonyl complex which has been modified with tertiary organic phosphines or phosphites.
Abstract:
Alkenecarboxylates of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is 2, 3 or 4, are prepared by a process which comprises reacting a lactone of the formula II ##STR2## where R.sub.2 is hydrogen or methyl and m is 1 or 2, with an alkanol of 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the presence of an acidic catalyst at from 150.degree. to 400.degree. C.
Abstract:
Reaction mixtures which are obtained on hydroformylation or carbonylation of olefinically unsaturated compounds and which contain dissolved non-volatile complex compounds of metals of group VIII of the periodic table are worked up by a method wherein the products, after distillative removal of low-boiling constituents alone, or of these constituents plus a part of the high-boiling residue, or a part of the high-boiling residue after distillative removal of the desired products, are or is extracted with carbon dioxide, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -paraffin, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -olefin or a normally gaseous halohydrocarbon at above the critical temperature and above the critical pressure of these (extractant) compounds.
Abstract:
Methyl 4-pentenoate is isolated from mixtures containing this and methyl 3-pentenoate by a process in which from 0.25 to 0.4 part by weight of water is added per part by weight of methyl 4-pentenoate, and the azeotrope of methyl 4-pentenoate and water is distilled off.