Abstract:
Olefinically unsaturated compounds are continuously hydroformylated under from 2 to 30 bar and at from 80.degree. to 130.degree. C. using, as a catalyst, a rhodium complex which contains, as ligands, sparingly volatile compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where A is phosphorus, arsenic, antimony or bismuth and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each organic radicals, by a method in which the hydroformylation mixture consisting of liquid and gaseous components is removed from the reactor and is subjected to relatively high temperatures and/or relatively low pressures for a short time in a devolatilization column, the mixture at the same time being separated into a gas phase and a liquid phase, the gas phase is separated into the product and the recycle gas in a separator, and the recycle gas and the liquid phase from the devolatilization column are recycled to the reactor.
Abstract:
A process for hydroformylating olefinically unsaturated compounds by means of rhodium/triphenylphosphine/carbonyl complexes formed in situ from rhodium acetate, triphenylphosphine and carbon monoxide, wherein the hydroformylation reaction is preceded by a starting phase in which the mixture of the hydroformylation medium, the triphenylphosphine and rhodium acetate is heated at from 90.degree. to 120.degree. C. under a CO/H.sub.2 pressure of from 5 to 20 bar and the acetic acid liberated is discharged from the reactor in gaseous form in a stream of CO and H.sub.2, until virtually no more acetic acid can be detected in this gaseous discharge.
Abstract translation:一种通过铑/三苯基膦/羰基络合物将乙酸铑,三苯基膦和一氧化碳原位形成的铑/三苯基膦/羰基络合物加氢甲酰化的方法,其中加氢甲酰化反应之前是起始阶段,其中加氢甲酰化介质,三苯基膦和 乙酸铑在50至20巴的CO / H 2压力下加热至90℃至120℃,释放的乙酸以CO和H 2的气流形式从反应器中排出,直到几乎不再 可以在该气体放电中检测乙酸。
Abstract:
An improved process for the preparation of alkyl formylvalerates, wherein butadiene or a butadiene-containing hydrocarbon mixture is reacted, in a first stage, with carbon monoxide and alkanols in the presence of cobalt carbonyl complexes and, per mole of butadiene, from 0.5 to 2 moles of tertiary nitrogen bases having a pK.sub.a of from 3 to 11, at from 80.degree. to 150.degree. C. and from 300 to 2,000 bar, and, in a second stage, the resulting alkyl pentenoate is reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of cobalt carbonyl complexes at from 100.degree. to 160.degree. C. and from 100 to 300 bar, the improvement being that tertiary nitrogen bases, excess alkanols and any unconverted hydrocarbons are distilled off from the reaction mixture obtained in the first stage, with the proviso that the reaction mixture is treated, before or during the distillation, with gases containing molecular oxygen, and the residual reaction mixture containing alkyl pentenoate and cobalt catalyst is used in the second stage.
Abstract:
The isolation and regeneration of catalysts of type I or IIclRh(CO)(PR.sub.3).sub.2 Ihrh(CO)(PR.sub.3).sub.3 II,where the R's are identical or different hydrocarbon radicals, to give the catalysts in a pure form, is effected by regenerating aqueous rhodium salt solutions, as obtained on treating distillation residues of hydroformylation mixtures with oxygen-containing mineral acids and peroxides, by a method wherein the said aqueous rhodium salt solutions are treated with a cation exchanger, the latter is then separated from the solution, the absorbed rhodium ions are desorbed with hydrochloric acid, the hexachlororhodate solutions, containing hydrochloric acid, are reacted, in the presence of a water-soluble organic solvent and a tertiary phosphine PR.sub.3, with carbon monoxide, or with compounds which eliminate carbon monoxide, at from 0.degree. to 150.degree. C and from 1 to 5 bars, and the resulting complexes I or, if the process is carried out under hydrogenating conditions, the resulting complexes II, are separated off.
Abstract:
An improved process for the production of .alpha.,.omega.-dialdehydes by reaction of linear .alpha.,.omega.-diolefins having isolated double bonds with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperature and at superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a cobalt carbonyl complex in which the improvement consists in supplying the cobalt to the reaction as cobalt carbonyl hydride dissolved in the .alpha.,.omega.-diolefin to be used or in an inert organic solvent and carrying out the reaction at a temperature of from 70.degree. to 130.degree.C.
Abstract:
A process for preparing amines of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1,R.sup.2,R.sup.3,R.sup.4,R.sup.5,R.sup.6 are hydrogen, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.2 - to C.sub.20 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 - to C.sub.20 -alkynyl, C.sub.3 - to C.sub.20 -cycloalknyl, C.sub.4 - to C.sub.20 -alkyl-cycloalkyl, C.sub.4 - to C.sub.20 -cycloalkyl-alkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 - to C.sub.20 -alkylaryl or C.sub.7 - to C.sub.20 -aralkyl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 jointly are a saturated or unsaturated C.sub.3 - to C.sub.9 -alkylene divalent chain and R.sup.3 or R.sup.5 are C.sub.21 - to C.sub.200 -alkyl, C.sub.21 - to C.sub.200 -alkenyl or jointly are a C.sub.2 - to C.sub.12 -alkylene divalent chain, by reacting olefins of the formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 have the abovementioned meanings, with ammonia or primary or secondary amines of the formula III ##STR3## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have abovementioned meanings, at from 200.degree. to 350.degree. C. and from 100 to 300 bar in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, by using zeolites of the MCM-49 or MCM-56 type as the heterogeneous catalyst.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of amines of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 denote hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, 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 denote a saturated or unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.9 alkylene dichain and R.sup.3 or R.sup.5 denotes C.sub.21 -C.sub.200 alkyl, C.sub.21 -C.sub.200 alkenyl or they together form a C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 alkylene dichain, by the reaction of olefins of the general formula II ##STR2## in which R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 have the aforementioned meanings, with ammonia or primary or secondary amines of the general formula III ##STR3## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the aforementioned meanings, at temperatures ranging from 200.degree. to 350.degree. C. and pressures of from 100 to 300 bar in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the heterogeneous catalysts used are crystalline oxides based on aluminum phosphates and having faujasite structure.
Abstract:
A process for preparing amines of the 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 are together a saturated or unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.9 -alkylene dichain, 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 together they are a C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkylene dichain, by reacting olefins of the formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each as defined above, with ammonia or primary or secondary amines of the formula III ##STR3## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each as defined above, at temperatures from 200.degree. to 350.degree. C. and pressures from 100 to 300 bar in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst using a heterogeneous catalyst comprising hexagonal faujasite.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of aminopropionitriles of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R denotes hydrogen or methyl, wherein ammonia is caused to react with an acrylonitrile of the general formula II ##STR2## In which the substituent has the aforementioned meanings, in a molar ratio of from 1:1 to 500:1 over a heterogenic catalyst at temperatures ranging from 40.degree. to 180.degree. C. and pressures ranging from 10 to 350 bar.
Abstract:
A process for the continuous synthesis of dialkyl carbonates of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, by reaction of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkanols with carbon monoxide and oxygen at elevated temperature and pressure and in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst dissolved or suspended in the reaction medium, whereina) a gas stream containing carbon monoxide and oxygen is bubbled through the alkanol/catalyst mixture present in the reactor at a rate of from 1 to 100 liters per hours per gram of copper present in the reactor, part of which gas stream reacts with the alkanol to form dialkyl carbonate and water, which components are continuously entrained, together with alkanol, as a gaseous mixture, from the reaction mixture by means of the remaining, unreacted portion of the carbon monoxide/oxygen gas stream, whereuponb) the resulting gaseous mixture is separated, in a separator, into gaseous and liquid phases, the gaseous phase being recycled to the reactor if desired, andc) the liquid phase, which essentially consists of dialkyl carbonate, water and alkanol, is separated into its components, the dialkyl carbonate being isolated and the alkanol, if desired, recycled to the reactor, andd) the liquid in the reactor is replenished by adding fresh or recycled alkanol at the rate at which the alkanol is consumed and discharged.