Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for separating glyoxylic acid starting from an aqueous reaction medium containing glyoxylic acid and hydrochloric acid, comprising a step of countercurrent steam stripping of the reaction medium in order to obtain, on the one hand, a gas phase containing the volatile hydrochloric acid and, on the other hand, a liquid phase containing the purified glyoxylic acid.
Abstract:
Ionic compounds with a freezing point of up to 100 DEG C are formed by the reaction of an one amine salt of formula (I) R R R R N X , such as choline chloride with an organic compound (II) capable of forming a hydrogen bond with X , such as urea, wherein the molar ratio of I to II is from 1:1.5 to 1:2.5. R , R , R and R may be H, optionally substituted C1 to C5 alkyl, optionally substituted C6 to C10 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted C6 to C12 aryl, optionally substituted C7 to C12 alkaryl, or R and R taken together may represent a C4 to C10 optionally substituted alkylene group, thereby forming with the N atom of formula I a 5 to 11-membered heterocyclic ring and all of R , R , R and R are not identical, X may be NO3 , F, CI , Br , I , BF4 , CIO4 , CN , SO3CF3 , or COOCF3 . The ionic compounds are useful as solvents, and electrolytes for example in electroplating, electrowinning, and electropolishing, and as catalysts.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a process for the recovery and purification of glyoxylic acid from a process stream comprising glyoxylic acid and oxalic acid, wherein the process stream comprising glyoxylic acid and oxalic acid is subjected to a number of alternating separation and dehydration steps. The process comprising the steps of: (i) providing an aqueous solution comprising glyoxylic acid and oxalic acid; (ii) precipitating at least a portion of the oxalic acid using low-temperature crystallization at a temperature of at most 18 °C; (iii) separating the precipitated oxalic acid from the solution to obtain a solution depleted in oxalic acid; (iv) concentrating the solution depleted in oxalic obtained in step (iii) using reverse osmosis; and repeating steps (ii)- (iv) with the concentrated solution obtained in step (iv) until a purified glyoxylic acid stream with a predetermined degree of purity is obtained. The invention also relates to a system for carrying out the process.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for preparing an aqueous solution of glyoxylic acid by oxidation of an aqueous solution of glyoxal with oxygen or a gas containing oxygen, in the presence of a catalytic quantity of nitric acid and/or at least one nitrogen oxide, a strong acid not oxidizing glyoxal, and by maintaining conditions satisfying the equation K L a/Q > 10, where K L a is the total volumetric mass transfer coefficient and Q is the heat load liberated by the reaction per mole of glyoxal.
Abstract:
Ionic compounds with a freezing point of up to 100 DEG C are formed by the reaction of an one amine salt of formula (I) R R R R N X , such as choline chloride with an organic compound (II) capable of forming a hydrogen bond with X , such as urea, wherein the molar ratio of I to II is from 1:1.5 to 1:2.5. R , R , R and R may be H, optionally substituted C1 to C5 alkyl, optionally substituted C6 to C10 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted C6 to C12 aryl, optionally substituted C7 to C12 alkaryl, or R and R taken together may represent a C4 to C10 optionally substituted alkylene group, thereby forming with the N atom of formula I a 5 to 11-membered heterocyclic ring and all of R , R , R and R are not identical, X may be NO3 , F, CI , Br , I , BF4 , CIO4 , CN , SO3CF3 , or COOCF3 . The ionic compounds are useful as solvents, and electrolytes for example in electroplating, electrowinning, and electropolishing, and as catalysts.