Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (DEFINED AS CARBOXYLIC ACIDS I) AND OF UNSATURATED ESTERS OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (DEFINED AS CARBOXYLIC ACIDS II), WHEREBY THE CARBOXYLIC ACID II MAY BE IDENTICAL WITH THE CARBOXYLIC ACID I, BY REACTING AN OLEFINIC COMPOUND IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ALDEHYDE, WHICH IN STRUCTURE AND NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS CORRESPONDS TO THE CARBOXYLIC ACID I, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CARBOXYLIC ACID II, EACH OF THE SAID OLEFINIC COMPOUND, THE SAID ALDEHYDE AND THE SAID CARBOXYLIC ACIDS CONTAINING 2 TO 20 CARBON ATOMS, WITH MOLECULAR OXYGEN OR AIR IN THE GAS PHASE, AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND IN CONTACT WITH A PALLADIUM-CONTAINING CARRIER CATALYST.
Abstract:
Pure acrylic acid is isolated from an aqueous crude acid containing acrylic acid together with minor proportions of acetic acid, formaldehyde and high boilers boiling at a temperature higher than 220* C by liquid-liquid extraction with the use of 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanone and/or isophorone as the extractant(s). To this end, the aqueous acrylic acid-containing crude acid is subjected in an extraction zone to counterflow extraction with the use of the extractant(s) and with the resultant formation of an organic extract containing acrylic acid, acetic acid, high boilers and minor proportions of water, which are dissolved in the extractant; the extract is introduced approximately into the midsection of a first distilling column; acetic acid and water are removed overhead under reduced pressure; the base product of the first distilling column, containing extractant(s), acrylic acid and high boilers, is delivered approximately to the midsection of a second distilling column; pure acrylic acid is distilled off overhead under reduced pressure; and the base product of the second distilling column, consisting of high boilers and extractant(s), is recycled to the extraction zone.
Abstract:
CARRIER CATALYST-AND PROCESS FOR MAKING AND ACTIVATING IT-FOR THE PRODUCTION OF UNSAURATED ESTERS OF CARBOXYLIC ACID AND ACIDS FROM AN OLEFINIC COMPOUND, A CARBOXYLIC ACID AND MOLECULAR OXYGEN IN THE GAS PHASE, THE CARRIER CATALYST CONTAINING PALLADIUM ACETATE, ALKALI METAL ACETATE AND ONE OR MORE URANIUM COMPOUNDS AS ITS ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS.
Abstract:
Preparation of a carrier-supported catalyst consisting of oxides of iron, bismuth, molybdenum and optionally silver and phosphorus in the atomic ratio of Ag0 1.5Fe0.1 12 Bi0.1 12P0 5Mo12O30 110, and of silicon carbide, aluminum oxide or silicon dioxide as the carrier. The catalyst is prepared in two steps. In the first step a porous carrier is impregnated at least once with an aqueous solution of a molybdenum compound and the water is evaporated; in the second step, the said carrier is impregnated at least once, at temperatures of between 20* and 100*C, with an aqueous nitric acid solution of iron, bismuth and optionally silver nitrates and optionally phosphoric acid; after the last impregnation, the carrier so treated is allowed to remain in contact with the said aqueous nitric acid solution for a period of between 5 and 24 hours, water and nitric acid are evaporated with continuous agitation of the carrier, and the carrier with the said salts adhered thereto is dried at temperatures of between 100* and 300*C, and annealed at temperatures of between 450* and 550*C.
Abstract:
Production of unsaturated esters of carboxylic acids by reaction of an olefinic compound and an aliphatic or aromatic carboxylic acid, which each contain from two to 20 carbon atoms, with molecular oxygen or air, in the gas phase, at elevated temperature and in contact with a carrier catalyst, the reaction being carried out in contact with a carrier catalyst containing palladium acetate, alkali metal acetate and one or more uranium compounds as its active constituents.
Abstract:
ISOLATION OF PURE ACRYLIC ACID FROM AQUEOUS CRUDE ACID CONTAINING ACRYLIC ACID AND IN ADDITION SMALL PROPORTIONS OF ACETIC ACID AND POSSIBLY FORMALDEHYDE, BY ETHYL ACETATE EXTRACTION COMBINED WITH A SIMULTANEOUS WATER-WASH OF THE RESULTING ORGANIC EXTRACT AND DISTILLATIVE SEPARATION OF THE WASHED EXTRACT INTO (A) PURE ACRYLIC ACID AND (B) A READILY BOILING ETHYL ACETATE/WATER-AZEOTROPE COMPRISING EXTRACTING THE AQUEOUS ACRYLIC ACID-CONTAINING CRUDE ACID BY MEANS OF ABOUT 10 TO 15 PARTS BY WEIGHT ETHYL ACETATE, PER PART BY WEIGHT ACRYLIC ACID, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WASHING THE RESULTING ORGANIC EXTRACT BY MEANS OF ABOUT 15 TO 25 PARTS OF WEIGHT WATER, PER PART BY WEIGHT ACRYLIC ACID.
Abstract:
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS ARE PRODUCED BY OXIDATION OF ALIPHATIC ALDEHYDES WITH OXYGEN OR AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS MIXTURE IN THE GAS PHASE IN CONTACT WITH A CATALYST BY OXIDIZING AN ALIPHATIC ALDEHYDE CONTAINING FROM 2 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES IN THE PRESENCE OF A CARRIER CATALYST CONTAINING METALLIC PALLADIUM AND/OR PALLADIUM OXIDE AND/OR A PALLADIUM SALT AND AT LEAST ONE FURTHER SUBSTANCE COMPRISING PLATINUM, RHODIUM, RUTHENIUM, IRIDIUM, COPPER, SILVER, GOLD, ZINC, CADMIUM, TIN, LEAD, BISMUTH, CHROMIUM, MOLYBDENUM, TUNGSTEN, MANGANESE, IRON, COBALT, NICKEL OR TELLURIUM IN METALLIC FORM OR IN OXIDE OR SALT FORM, AND/OR AN ALKALI METAL OR ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUND AS AN ACTIVATOR.
Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF UNSATURATED ESTERS OF ARBOXYLIC ACIDS BY REACTION OF AN OLEFINIC COMPOUND AND AN ALIPHATIC OR AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID, WHICH EACH CONTAIN FROM 2 TO 20 CARBON ATOMS, WITH MOLECULAR OXYGEN, OR AIR, IN THE GAS PHASE, AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND IN CONTACT WITH A CARRIER CATALYST, THE REACTION BEING CARRIED OUT IN CONTACT WITH A CARRIER CATALYST CONTAINING PALLADIUM ACETATE, ALKALI METAL ACETATE AND ONE OR MORE VANADIUM COMPOUNDS AS ITS ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS, THE DRY, POWDERY CARRIER CATALYST BEING IRRADIATED WITH ULTRAVIOLET AND/OR VISIBLE LIGHT, PRIOR TO USING IT.