摘要:
A process to prepare substantially pure glycolonitrile in an aqueous medium is provided by reacting hydrogen cyanide and formaldehyde. The formaldehyde feed stream is heated prior to reacting with hydrogen cyanide, resulting in an aqueous glycolonitrile solution with fewer impurities, especially less unreacted formaldehyde, than is obtained by other methods. The process enables production of an aqueous glycolonitrile solution that requires less post-reaction purification (if any at all) prior to enzymatically converting the glycolonitrile into glycolic acid.
摘要:
The invention provides a hydrocyanation process for the production of adiponitrile and other dinitriles having six carbon atoms, the process comprising: a) forming a reaction mixture in the presence of at least one Lewis acid, said reaction mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated nitriles having five carbon atoms, hydrogen cyanide, and a catalyst precursor composition, by continuously feeding ethylenically unsaturated nitriles, hydrogen cyanide, and a catalyst precursor composition; b) controlling X and Z, wherein X is the overall feed molar ratio of 2-pentenenitriles to all unsaturated nitriles and Z is the overall feed molar ratio of hydrogen cyanide to all unsaturated nitriles, by selecting a value for X in the range from about 0.001 to about 0.5, and a value for Z in the range from about 0.5/1 to about 0.99/1, such that the value of quotient Q, wherein Q = X [ ( moles 3 PN + 4 PN in the feed ) / ( moles all unsaturated nitriles in the feed ) ] - Z is in the range from about 0.2 to about 10, wherein 3PN is 3-pentenenitriles and 4PN is 4-pentenenitrile; and c) withdrawing a reaction product mixture comprising adiponitrile; wherein the ratio of the concentration of 2-pentenenitriles to the concentration of 3-pentenenitriles in the reaction mixture is from about 0.2/1 to about 10/1; wherein the catalyst precursor composition comprises a zero-valent nickel and at least one multidentate phosphorus-containing ligand; wherein the multidentate phosphorus-containing ligand is selected from the group consisting of a phosphite, a phosphonite, a phosphinite, a phosphine, and a mixed phosphorus-containing ligand or a combination of such members; and wherein the multidentate phosphorus-containing ligand gives acceptable results according to at least one protocol of the 2-Pentenenitrile Hydrocyanation Test Method.
摘要:
A system, method, and article of manufacture for guiding an end effector to a target position within a person are provided. The method includes generating a plurality of digital images of an interior anatomy of the person when the person has a predetermined respiratory state. The method further includes indicating a skin entry position on at least one of the digital images. The method further includes indicating the target position on at least one of the digital images. The method further includes determining a trajectory path based on the skin entry position and the target position. Finally, the method includes moving the end effector along the trajectory path toward the target position when the person has substantially the predetermined respiratory state.
摘要:
A method of generating a magnetic resonance image is provided, comprising subjecting a subject to a magnetic field. The subject comprised of a first tissue a second tissue and a third tissue. The method generates a first pulse sequence at a first TI time and generates a first image after the first pulse sequence. The first image has a first image first tissue magnitude, a first image second tissue magnitude, and a first image third tissue magnitude. The method then generates a second pulse sequence at a second TI time and generates a second image after the second pulse sequence. The second image has a second image first tissue magnitude, a second image second tissue magnitude, and a second image third tissue magnitude. Finally, the method generates a resultant image by combining the first image and the second image. The first image first tissue magnitude and the second image first tissue magnitude combine to form a positive resultant first tissue magnitude. The first image third tissue magnitude and the second image third tissue magnitude combine to form a negative resultant image third tissue magnitude.
摘要:
Improved liquid phase process useful in the hydrocyanation of diolefinic compounds to produce nonconjugated acyclic nitrites and to the liquid phase process of isomerization of the nitriles to, among other things, 3- and/or 4-monoalkene linear nitrites. The improvement involves conducting the process in the presence of zero-valent nickel and a multidentate phosphite ligand.
摘要:
The invention provides a hydrocyanation process to produce adiponitrile and other dinitriles having six carbon atoms, in the presence of catalyst composition comprising a zero-valent nickel and at least one bidentate phosphorus-containing ligand wherein the bidentate phosphorus-containing ligand gives acceptable results according to at least one protocol of the 2-Pentenenitrile Hydrocyanation Test Method.
摘要:
The invention provides an integrated, continuous process for the production of 3-pentenenitrile, the refining of 3-pentenenitrile, and the refining of 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, the process comprising: (a) contacting, in a reaction zone, a hydrogen cyanide-containing feed, a butadiene-containing feed, and a catalyst composition, wherein the catalyst composition comprises a zero-valent nickel and at least one bidentate phosphorus-containing ligand selected from the group consisting of a phosphite, a phosphonite, a phosphinite, a phosphine, a mixed phosphorus-containing ligand, and combination thereof; (b) maintaining a residence time in the reaction zone sufficient to convert about 95% or more of the hydrogen cyanide and to produce a reaction mixture comprising 3-pentenenitrile and 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, wherein the 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile concentration is maintained below about 15 weight percent of the total mass of the reaction mixture; (c) distilling the reaction mixture to obtain a first stream comprising 1,3-butadiene, a second stream comprising 3-pentenenitrile, 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, and optionally 1,3-butadiene, and a third stream comprising the catalyst composition; (d) distilling the second stream to obtain a fourth stream comprising 1,3-butadiene, a fifth stream comprising 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, and optionally 1,3-butadiene, and a sixth stream comprising 3-pentenenitrile; and (e) distilling the fifth stream to obtain a seventh stream comprising 1,3-butadiene, an eighth stream comprising (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, and a ninth stream comprising 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile.
摘要:
A process is provided for producing glycolic acid from formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide. More specifically, heat-treated formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide are reacted to produce glycolonitrile having low concentrations of impurities. The glycolonitrile is subsequently converted to an aqueous solution of ammonium glycolate using an enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity derived from Acidovorax facilis 72W (ATCC 57746). Glycolic acid is recovered in the form of the acid or salt from the aqueous ammonium glycolate solution using a variety of methods described herein.
摘要:
A process is provided for producing glycolic acid from formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide. More specifically, heat-treated formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide are reacted to produce glycolonitrile having low concentrations of impurities. The glycolonitrile is subsequently converted to an aqueous solution of ammonium glycolate using an enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity derived from Acidovorax facilis 72W (ATCC 57746). Glycolic acid is recovered in the form of the acid or salt from the aqueous ammonium glycolate solution using a variety of methods described herein.
摘要:
A process is provided for producing glycolic acid from formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide. More specifically, heat-treated formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide are reacted to produce glycolonitrile having low concentrations of impurities. The glycolonitrile is subsequently converted to an aqueous solution of ammonium glycolate using an enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity derived from Acidovorax facilis 72W (ATCC 57746). Glycolic acid is recovered in the form of the acid or salt from the aqueous ammonium glycolate solution using a variety of methods described herein.