Abstract:
The invention concerns a device and a method for obtaining anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid. Said device is partly or totally made of a zirconium-free material. A liquid of general formula (I) is used as extracting agent, wherein radicals R and R represent alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups or R and R form together with the N atom a heterocyclic five or six-membered ring and in which only one of the radicals is an aryl group and in which R stands for hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl group. The device comprises the following equipment: (i) a synthesis reactor (6); (ii) a hydrolysis reactor (1); (iii) a first distillation device (2); (iv) a second distillation device (4); (v) an extraction device (3) and (vi) a third distillation device (5). The material has been selected from the group consisting of the following classes of materials: titanium-palladium alloys, nickel-based materials containing chrome, molybdenum, and/or wolfram and high-alloy, austenitic special chrome-nickel steels containing molybdenum.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for the production of anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid. The method is characterized in that a liquid of general formula (I) that is used as extracting agent is also used as washing liquid for the off-gas produced during implementation of the method, wherein radicals R and R represent alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups or R and R together form with the N atom a heterocyclic five or six-membered ring and in which only one of the radicals is an aryl group and in which R stands for hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl group.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for obtaining formic acid which is completely free of water or free of water to a large extent. Aqueous formic acid is produced first by hydrolysing methyl formate and then liberated from the water in subsequent reprocessing. The inventive method is characterised in that the water vapour that is used for the hydrolysis of the methyl formate and for heating a distillation column used for reprocessing is also used as stripping steam for stripping off the waste water. The stripped waste water is produced during the reprocessing.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus and a process for the preparation of anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid. This apparatus is constructed partly or entirely of substantially zirconium-free materials. The extractant employed is a liquid of the general formula I where the radicals R 1 and R 2 are alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups, or R 1 and R 2 jointly, together with the N atom, form a heterocyclic 5- or 6-membered ring, and only one of the radicals is an aryl group, and where R 3 is hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 -alkyl group. The apparatus has a synthesis reactor ( 6 ), a hydrolysis reactor ( 1 ), three distillation devices ( 2,4,5 ) and an extraction device ( 3 ).
Abstract:
Procedimiento para la separación de ácido ascórbico a partir de un disolvente 1 polar, que contiene ácido ascórbico y ácido 2-ceto-L-gulónico, caracterizado porque el procedimiento comprende el siguiente paso: (a) extracción de ácido ascórbico a partir del disolvente 1 con dialquilformamida (agente de extracción 1), que presenta un hueco de mezcla con el disolvente 1, en una extracción líquido-líquido.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the separation of ascorbic acid from a mixture containing ascorbic acid and 2-keto-L-gulonic acid in a polar, preferably aqueous solvent, by means of liquid/liquid extraction using an amide. The method preferably also comprises steps for the back-extraction of the ascorbic acid, recycling of the extraction solvent and/or the back extraction solvent and for isolation of the ascorbic acid from the back extraction solvent. The invention further relates to a method for the production of ascorbic acid from KGA and isolation of the ascorbic acid so produced.
Abstract:
2-Keto-L-gulonic acid (KGA) is extracted from a polar solvent, by contacting the solvent with an extractant (E1) comprising a tertiary amine (I) and a polar organic diluent (II) in a mixing region. 2-Keto-L-gulonic acid (KGA) is extracted from a (preferably aqueous) polar solvent, by contacting the solvent with a first extractant (E1) comprising a tertiary amine of formula NR1R2R3 (I) and a polar organic diluent (II) in a mixing region. R1 - R3 = 6-14C (preferably 8-12C) alkyl. An Independent claim is also included for the production of ascorbic acid (AA), by at least partially lactonizing KGA, extracting KGA from the obtained AA/KGA mixture by the above method and isolating AA from the residual solution.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid. The process has the special feature that a liquid of the general formula Iwhere the radicals R and R are alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups, or R and R jointly, together with the N atom, form a heterocyclic 5- or 6-membered ring, and only one of the radicals is an aryl group, and where R is hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl group, employed as extractant is also employed as washing liquid for the offgases produced in the process.