Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method in which a solvent can be effectively separated from a hydrogenation carry-out object that is obtained from catalytic hydrogenation and includes a water soluble hydrogenation product material, and that includes the solvent.SOLUTION: A method for separating a solvent from a hydrogenation carry-out object including a solvent is characterized in that the hydrogenation carry-out object is added with water, a phase that includes the solvent is separated and is returned to hydrogenation, in a method for separating the solvent from the hydrogenation carry-out object that includes a water soluble hydrogenation product material that has at least one alcohol, lactone, ether, lactam or an amino group in the solvent that cannot be mixed with water or cannot be mixed with water completely and has a boiling point of lower than 100°C, and that includes the solvent generated from a catalytic hydrogenation method.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for obtaining recovery of N-alkyl substituted pyrrolidone simply with a high purity grade equal to quality for electronics grades efficiently at a reduced cost and in high yield.SOLUTION: The method for purifying N-alkyl substituted pyrrolidone containing at least one or a plurality of impurities represented by formulae I to VII comprises following steps, a step (I) of preparing a mixture containing at least a kind of N-alkyl substituted pyrrolidones and 1 to 20,000 ppm of at least a compound of formulae I to VII, a step (II) of hydrogenating the mixture from the step (I), and a step (III) of distilling the mixture from the step (II).
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing hexanediol-1,6 from a carboxylic acid mixture. SOLUTION: In the method, (a) the carboxylic acids contained in an aqueous dicarboxylic acid mixture are converted to the corresponding carboxylic acid esters by using a low-molecular weight alcohol, (b) the obtained esterification mixture is separated from the excess alcohol and low-boiling point components in a first distillation stage, (c) the bottom products are fractionated in a second distillation stage into an ester fraction essentially free of 1,4-cyclohexanediol and a fraction comprising at least the major part of the 1,4-cyclohexanediol, (d) the ester fraction substantially free of 1,4-cyclohexanediol is catalytically hydrogenated, and (e) 1,6-hexanediol is obtained in a rectification stage from the hydrogenated discharge in a known manner. Thereby, high purity 1,6-hexanediol is made obtainable from waste products in a high yield. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for preparing 1,6-hexanediol from a carboxylic acid mixture.SOLUTION: The method for preparing 1,6-hexanediol includes processes of: (a) converting carboxylic acids contained in an aqueous dicarboxylic acid mixture to the corresponding carboxylic acid esters by using a low-molecular weight alcohol; (b) separating the obtained esterification mixture from excessive alcohol and low-boiling point components in a first distillation stage; (c) fractionating bottom products in a second distillation stage into an ester fraction essentially free of 1,4-cyclohexanediol and a fraction comprising the major part of 1,4-cyclohexanediol; (d) catalytically hydrogenating the ester fraction essentially free of 1,4-cyclohexanediol; and (e) obtaining 1,6-hexanediol in a purifying distillation stage from the hydrogenation product in a known manner. In this way, high purity 1,6-hexanediol can be obtained in a high yield from waste products.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the hydrogenation of oligo- and/or polyesters which can be obtained by the esterification of a dicarboxylic acid solution with a diol or diol mixture, the hydrogenation being carried out in the presence of a catalyst, the precursor of said catalyst containing copper oxide, aluminum oxide and at least one oxide of lanthanum, iron, tungsten, molybdenum, titanium or zirconium. The invention also relates to a method for producing 1,6-hexanediol by the catalytic hydrogenation of ester mixtures which contain oligo- and polyesters of the adipic acid and 6-hydroxycaproic acid as the main components and which can be obtained by the esterification of a dicarboxylic acid solution with diols and especially 1,6-hexanediol or diol mixtures.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing 1,6-hexanediol, preferably of at least 99% purity, and especially practically free from 1,4-cyclohexanediols, from a carboxylic acid mixture that is obtained as a byproduct of the oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanone/cyclohexanol using oxygen or oxygen-containing gases and by extraction of the reaction mixture with water, by transesterification and hydration to form hexanediol, the yield in valuable products being increased by adding a monomer or polymer polyol with at least three hydroxyl functional groups after a transesterification stage in which catalysts that contain at least one element of groups 3 to 14 are used.
Abstract:
The invention relates to methods for producing 1,6-hexanediol and very pure e-caprolactone from a dicarboxylic acid solution (DCL), comprising steps (a) esterification of the DCL with alcohols, (b) partial catalytic hydrogenation of the esters, (c) separation by distillation of 1,6-hexanediol and low-boiling fractions as a top product, and (d) cyclization of the 6-hydroxycaproic acid ester contained in the bottom fraction in the presence of an alcohol boiling at a temperature exceeding the boiling point of caprolactane.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a supported hydrogenation catalyst having increase hydrogenation activity, comprising a hydrogenation metal and/or an oxide of a hydrogenation metal on a support material comprising Al2O3, wherein the calcined supported hydrogenation catalyst is treated with a base solution having a pH value of > 10 at a temperature in the range of 20 to 120°C for 1 to 300 hours prior to final shaping and prior to the use thereof in hydrogenation.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 1,2-propandiol, at least comprising the following steps a) providing a glycerol-containing stream comprising at least 40% by weight of at least one organic solvent and b) subjecting the glycerol-containing stream of step a) to a hydrogenation in the presence of a copper-containing, heterogeneous catalyst at a pressure of at least 50 bar.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an improved method for producing 6-hydroxy hexanoic acid esters from the by-product mixtures that are produced during the oxidation of cyclohexane to form cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone, using oxygen or gas mixtures containing oxygen.