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:
PRODUCTION OF ALIPHATIC ARYCLIC ACID ESTERS BY OXIDATION OF PROPYLENE AND/OR ACROLEIN WITH OXYGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF STEAM AND INERT GAS, AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 300 AND 600*C., IN CONTACT WITH A CATALYST. HOT ACRYLIC ACID-CONTAINING REACTION GAS IS SCRUBBED WITH A HIGH BOILER MIXTURE, WHICH IS OBAINED AS A BY-PRODUCT DURING THE PROCESS AND SUBSTANTIALLY CONSISTS F MALEIC ACID ESTER, POLYACRYLIC ACIDS AND POLYACRYLIC ACID ESTERS, THE RESULTING ACRYLIC ACID-CONTAINING EXTRACTIS FREED B DISTILLATIVE TREATMENT FROM THE LOW BOILERS WATER, ACETIC ACID, ACROLEIN AND FORMALDEHYDE, AND REACTED LATER, IN THE PRESENCE OF ACID ION EXCHANGER RESINS, WITH AN ALIPHATIC ALCHOL HAVING FROM 1 TO 8 CARBONS ATOMS, THE RESLTING ARCYLIC ACID ESTER BEING DISTRILLED OFF AND THE HIGH BOILER MIXTURE BEING RECYCLED FOR SCRUBBING FUTHER ACRYLIC ACID-CONTAINING REACTION GAS.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR ISOLATING ACRYLIC ACID FROM HOT REACTION GASES OBTAINED BY OXIDATION OF PROPYLENE TO ACROLEIN COMPRISING THE STEPS OF COOLING THE REACTION GAS DOWN TO A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 90 AND 200*C., EXTRACTING THEREAFTER THE GAS IN COUNTER-CURRENT FASHION WITH AN ESTER OF AN ALIPHATIC OR AROMATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC OR DICARBOXYLIC ACID OR WITH TRIBUTYL OR TRICRESYL PHOSPHATE, SUBJECTING RESULTING EXTRACT TO DISTILLATION TO REMOVE ACRYLIC ACID IN THE FORM OF A CONCENTRATED AQUEOUS SOLUTION, AND USING REMAINING DISTILLATION RESIDUE FOR THE EXTRACTION OF FURTHER ACRYLIC ACID-CONTAINING REACTION GAS.
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 ACRYLIC ACID COMPRISING REACTING PROPYLENE AND/OR ACROLEIN AND/OR A SUBSTANCE YIELDING ACROLEIN UNDER THE REACTION CONDITIONS, SUCH AS ALLYL ALCOHOL, IN THE GAS PHASE WITH OXYGEN AT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 280 AND 600*C., UNDER PRESSURE BETWEEN 0.1 AND 10 ATMOSPHERES ABSOLUTE, AND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN 0.1 AND 20 SECONDS, IN THE PRESENCE OF STEAM AND IN CONTACT WITH A CATALYST CONSISTING OF THE OXIDES OF SILVER, IRON BISMUTH, MOLYBDENUM AND, IF DESIRED, PHOSPHORUS, WHICH ARE PRESENT IN THE ATOMIC RATIO OF
AG0.01-1.5FE0.1-12BI091-12P0-5MO12O20-110
THE CATALYST BEING DEPOSITED ON A CARRIER, IF DESIRED.
Abstract:
CATALYST CONSISTING OF THE OXIDES OF IRON, BISMUTH, MOLYBDENUM AND OPTIONALLY PHOSPHORUS FOR USE IN THE CATALYTIC GAS-PHASE-OXIDATION OR PROPYLENE OR ACROLEIN BY MEANS OF OXYGEN INTO ACRYLIC ACID, THE CATALYST CONTAINING SILVER OXIDE AS AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT IN THE ATOMIC RATIO OF AG0.01-1.5FE0.1-12P0.5MO12O30-110.