Process to afford gamma butyrolactone and tetrahydrofuran
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    发明授权
    Process to afford gamma butyrolactone and tetrahydrofuran 失效
    提供γ-丁内酯和四氢呋喃的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06433193B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-13

    申请号:US09831403

    申请日:2001-08-01

    IPC分类号: C07D30758

    CPC分类号: C07D315/00 C07D307/08

    摘要: A process for production of tetrahydrofuran and gamma butyrolactone by hydrogenation of maleic anhydride recovered from a process of conversion of a n-butane. The process consists essentially of the following steps: A) converting n-butane to maleic anhydride by catalytic vapor phase oxidation; B) recovering maleic anhydride from the effluent gases of butane oxidation by selective absorption in gamma butyrolactone, forming a maleic anhydride-gamma butyrolactone mixture; C) removing water from the maleic anhydride-gamma butyrolactone mixture in a stripper under the action of a gas and/or under vacuum conditions, producing a maleic anhydride-gamma butyrolactone mixture with minimum water and maleic acid content; D) recovering gamma butyrolactone contained in the exhaust gases leaving the maleic anhydride absorber, by absorption in water; E) dehydrating the recovered gamma butyrolactone and recycling it to the maleic anhydride absorber; F) hydrogenating the dewatered maleic anhydride-gamma butyrolactone mixture, over suitable catalyst (s), under conditions favouring the formation of tetrahydrofuran and gamma butyrolactone; G) separating by distillation tetrahydrofuran, gamma butyrolactone and the by-products from the resulting hydrogenation mixture; H) recycling a gamma butyrolactone rich stream to the selective absorption of maleic anhydride.

    摘要翻译: 从正丁烷转化过程中回收的马来酸酐氢化生产四氢呋喃和γ-丁内酯的方法。 该方法基本上由以下步骤组成:A)通过催化气相氧化将正丁烷转化为马来酸酐; B)通过在γ-丁内酯中选择性吸收从丁烷氧化废气中回收马来酸酐,形成马来酸酐-γ丁内酯混合物; C)在气体和/或在真空条件下,在汽提器中从马来酸酐-γ-丁内酯混合物中除去水,产生具有最低水和马来酸含量的马来酸酐-γ-丁内酯混合物; D)通过吸收在水中回收离开马来酸酐吸收剂的废气中所含的γ-丁内酯; E)使回收的γ-丁内酯脱水并将其再循环到马来酸酐吸收剂; F)在有利于形成四氢呋喃和γ-丁内酯的条件下,通过合适的催化剂使脱水的马来酸酐-γ-丁内酯混合物氢化; G)通过蒸馏四氢呋喃,γ-丁内酯和副产物从所得氢化混合物中分离; H)将富含γ-丁内酯的物流循环至马来酸酐的选择性吸收。