Abstract:
Organic compounds are prepared by heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas-phase oxidation of precursor compounds by a process in which a portion of the reaction gas starting mixture is brought from a low initial pressure to a higher final pressure by means of a radial compressor.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing aliphatic carboxylic acids from aldehydes by means of oxidation with oxygen or gases containing oxygen. This novel process is carried out in at least two stages at different temperatures, preferably in the absence of catalysts.
Abstract:
Raney copper which is doped with at least one metal from the group comprising iron and/or noble metals is used as a catalyst in the dehydrogenation of alcohols.
Abstract:
This invention relates to the use of a supplemental promoter in conjunction with a noble-metal-containing catalyst comprising a carbon support in catalyzing liquid phase oxidation reactions, a process for making of an improved catalyst comprising such a supplemental promoter, and an improved catalyst comprising such a supplemental promoter. In a particularly preferred embodiment, a supplemental promoter (most preferably bismuth or tellurium) is used in conjunction with a noble-metal-containing catalyst comprising a carbon support in a liquid phase oxidation process wherein N-(phosphonomethyl)iminodiacetic acid (i.e., nullPMIDAnull) or a salt thereof is oxidized to form N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine (i.e., nullglyphosatenull) or a salt thereof. The benefits of such a process include increased oxidation of the formaldehyde and formic acid by-products, and, consequently, decreased final concentrations of those by-products as well as other undesirable by-products, most notably N-methyl-N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine (i.e., nullNMGnull).
Abstract:
In a method for producing acrylic acid by the steps of a reaction of catalytic gas phase oxidation, absorbing the acrylic acid with an absorbent, and dehydrating the acrylic acid-containing aqueous solution, the method is characterized that the step of dehydration comprises adding and an azeotropic solvent, distilling the resultant mixture, and adjusting the acrylic acid concentration at the top of the column in the range of 0.06-0.80 wt. %, thereby preventing the bottoms of the azeotropic dehydration column from substantially containing the azeotropic solvent and water. As results, the acrylic acid is kept from forming a polymer in any of the distillation columns involved in the production, and effective utilization of acrylic acid.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of producing easily and in a high yield a threo-2-hydroxy-3-nitrobutanoic acid compound or a mixture of a threo- and an erythro-2-hydroxy-3-nitrobutanoic acid compounds, this mixture having an erythro compound:threo compound ratio of about 1:1, which method includes reacting, in a solvent, a 2-hydroxy-3-nitrobutanoic acid compound having the formula (I) 1 wherein R is optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl, with not less than 1 equivalent of a base to isomerize (i) the erythro compound into the threo compound, or (ii) the threo compound into the erythro compound, and a method for separating the erythro and the threo compounds easily and in a high yield. The separation method includes reacting the mixture of threo- and erythro-compounds with not more than 1 equivalent of potassium carbonate per threo compound in a solvent. According to the method of the present invention, useful pharmaceuticals can be produced easily in a high yield.
Abstract:
In a process for heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propene to acrolein, the starting reaction gas mixture is oxidized over a fixed catalyst bed which consists of at least two fixed catalyst bed zones and is accommodated in two successive temperature zones A, B, and the transition from temperature zone A to temperature zone B does not spatially coincide with a transition from one fixed catalyst bed zone to another fixed catalyst bed zone.
Abstract:
In a process for partially oxidizing acrolein to acrylic acid in the gas phase under heterogeneous catalysis, the starting reaction gas mixture is oxidized at an acrolein loading of null145 and null70 l (STP) of acrolein/l of fixed catalyst bednullh over a fixed catalyst bed which is accommodated in two successive reaction zones A, B, the highest temperature of the reaction gas mixture within reaction zone A being above the highest temperature of the reaction gas mixture within reaction zone B.
Abstract:
A process for the heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation of an organic compound over a fixed catalyst bed present in a fixed-bed reactor having a plurality of catalyst tubes, in which the reduction of the quality of the catalyst load with increasing duration of operation is restored by a partial catalyst change, is described.
Abstract:
A continuously operated heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation of at least one organic compound in an oxidation reactor is operated safely by a process in which an explosion diagram for the feed gas mixture is deposited as the basis of a cut-out mechanism in a computer.