Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tricyanohexane purification methods
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Application No.: US17138591Application Date: 2020-12-30
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Publication No.: US11560353B2Publication Date: 2023-01-24
- Inventor: Sanjay Dube , Benjamin Haseltine , Jefferson Thomas Ebert , Darrick Elmore
- Applicant: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Cozen O'Connor
- Main IPC: C07C253/34
- IPC: C07C253/34

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates generally to processes for recovering tricyanohexane (TCH) via purification of by-product or co-product streams of adiponitrile production. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a process for purifying tricyanohexane (TCH), the process having the steps of (a) separating an adiponitrile process stream comprising adiponitrile and TCH to form a first overhead lights stream comprising low-boiling components and high-boiling components and a first bottoms heavies stream comprising high-boiling components and solid impurities; and (b) separating the first overhead lights stream in a distillation column to form a second overhead lights stream comprising low-boiling components, a second bottoms heavies stream comprising high-boiling components, and a TCH stream comprising TCH and less than 10 wt. % impurities; wherein the distillation column is a low pressure distillation column.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210198186A1 TRICYANOHEXANE PURIFICATION METHODS Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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