摘要:
A process for preparing a lactate which includes: (a) preparing lactonitrile from prussic acid and acetaldehyde, (b) hydrating the lactonitrile to form lactamide, (c) forming the desired lactate and formamide from lactamide and formate (or methanol and carbon monoxide), (d) separating and collecting components, having a lower boiling point than that of lactate from the reaction liquid in step (c), by distillation under specified conditions, and (e) dehydrating formamide from step (d) to form prussic acid and recycling the prussic acid to step (a). Heretofore, lactates had been manufactured by forming lactonitrile (cyanohydrin) from acetaldehyde and prussic acid, and then esterifying lactonitrile with a mineral acid or the like. However, in this conventional process, ammonium salts were formed as by-products in an amount equal to that of the lactate. According to the present invention, a lactate can be efficiently manufactured on a commercial scale without forming a large amount of the ammonium salts as by-products. In particular, the yield of the lactate can be increased by controlling the formation of 2-formyloxy propionate and also a dimer of a lactate.
摘要:
There is disclosed a process for producing methyl methacrylate through gas-phase catalytic reaction of methyl .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyrate which comprises feeding methanol in an amount by weight of 0.1 to 3.0 times the methyl .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyrate in a reactor along therewith and proceeding with the reaction at a reaction temperature in the range of 230.degree. to 300.degree. C. by the use of a transition-type synthetic faujasite zeolite having a specific lattice constant and a specific Na content (Na/Al) as the catalyst. The process is capable of stably producing the objective product having excellent quality in high yield for a long period of time while preventing the problems of early deterioration of the catalyst and coloring of reaction product.
摘要:
A process for producing methacrylic acid which comprises: (I) producing acetonecyanohydrin from prussic acid and acetone; (II) hydrating the acetonecyanohydrin obtained in step (I) to form .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid amide; (III) reacting the .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid amide obtained in step (II) with methyl formate or with methanol and carbon monoxide to form methyl .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyrate and formamide; (IV) hydrolyzing the methyl .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyrate obtained in step (III) to form .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid; (V) dehydrating the .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid obtained in step (IV) to form methacrylic acid; and (VI) dehydrating the formamide separated from the products obtained in step (III) to form prussic acid and recycling the prussic acid to step (I) as a starting material. The process is capable of producing methacrylic acid from readily available starting materials with a high yield and selectivity, without forming undesirable by-product or waste materials, such as ammonium sulfate.
摘要:
A process for producing an .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid which comprises hydrolyzing .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid ester in the presence of an organic sulfonic acid catalyst, using an .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid ester as the starting material.According to said process, .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid can be efficiently produced.
摘要:
A process for producing .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester which comprises catalytically reacting .alpha.-hydroxycarboxylic acid ester with crystalline aluminosilicate catalyst, and then catalytic reacting the resulting reaction product with solid acid catalyst.According to the process, .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester of a high purity, and a high quality, without by-product, can be produced efficiently.
摘要:
There is herein disclosed a process for preparing a lactamide by hydrating lactonitrile in the presence of a catalyst mainly comprising a manganese oxide, and a nitrogen-containing compound such as ammonia or diethylamine. According to this process, the lactamide can be obtained from lactonitrile in a high yield, while the high activity of the catalyst is maintained for a long period of time.
摘要:
A process for preparing 3-methyltetrahydrofuran is herein disclosed which comprises reacting a methacrylic acid ester with carbon monoxide and a lower aliphatic alcohol to obtain a methylsuccinic acid diester, and hydrogenating and dehydrating/cyclizing this methylsuccinic acid diester. According to this process, 3-methyltetrahydrofuran can efficiently be obtained from inexpensive starting materials.
摘要:
A process for preparing a silica-titania catalyst by adding an acidic solution containing a silicon compound such as sodium silicate and a titanium compound such as titanium sulfate dissolved therein to a solution of a compound such as ammonium bicarbonate to bring about co-precipitation, in which the acidic solution is a highly concentrated nitric acid-acidic or sulfuric acid-acidic solution, and a ratio of the dissolved titanium compound in the acidic solution is regulated in a certain range.According to this process, a catalyst capable of exerting a high performance in an esterification reaction and the like can be efficiently obtained.
摘要:
There is disclosed a process for producing allyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate useful as a raw material for agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, which comprises reacting methyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate with allyl alcohol preferably by means of reactional distillation in the presence of a transesterification catalyst preferably comprising titanium tetramethoxide or titanium tetraisopropoxide under solventless mild reaction conditions including a reaction temperature in the range of 80 to 150.degree. C. and a reaction time in the range of 10 minutes to 12 hours. The process enables efficient and easy production of the objective allyl 2-hydroxxyisobutyrate in high yield and high efficiency without the need of troublesome operations.
摘要:
There is disclosed a process for efficiently producing hydrogen cyanide at a reaction temperature of preferably 250.degree. to 550.degree. C. by a catalytic dehydrative reaction of formamide which comprises employing as a catalyst, a manganese oxide (MnO) and/or a magnesium oxide (MgO) each modified with an alkali metal (Na, K, Rb, Cs, etc. ). The above process is capable of producing hydrogen cyanide at an enhanced conversion efficiency of formamide and at a high selectivity while minimizing the by-production of ammonia. The use of the catalyst comprising as a principal component, MnO modified with an alkali metal is particularly effective in prolonging its service life and enables a long-term stable operation.