PROCESS FOR PREPARING 1,6 HEXANEDIOL AND CAPROLACTON

    公开(公告)号:CA2248004A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-09-04

    申请号:CA2248004

    申请日:1997-02-28

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 1,6 hexane diol and .epsilon.caprolacton from a carboxylic acid mixture containing adipic acid, 6-hydroxy caproic acid and, in small quantities, 1,4 cyclohexane diols. Said mixture is obtained as a by-product of the oxidation of cyclohexane into cyclohexanone/ cyclohexanol with oxygen or gases containing oxygen, by water extraction of the reaction mixture. Said process involves esterification and hydrogenation of a partial stream into hexane diol and cyclization of 6-hydroxy caproic acid esters into caprolacton. According to this process: (a) the monocarboxylic acids and the dicarboxylic acids contained in the aqueous reaction mixture are reacted with a low-molecular alcohol to form the corresponding carboxylic acid esters; (b) the excess alcohol, water and low-boiling agents of the resultant esterification mixture are released in a first distillation stage; (c) separating into a ester fraction substantially free of 1,4 cyclohexane diols, and a fraction containing at least the greater part of the 1,4 cyclohexane diols is carried out from the bottom product in a second distillation stage; (d) at least part of a stream substantially containing 6-hydroxy caproic acid ester is separated from the ester fraction in a third distillation stage; (e) the ester fraction from (d), from which 6-hydroxy caproic acid ester was at least partially removed, is hydrogenated catalytically and 1,6 hexane diol is extracted by distilling the hydrogenated product in a known manner; and (f) the stream substantially containing 6-hydroxy caproic acid ester is heated to temperatures above 200 ~C at reduced pressure, thereby causing cyclization of 6-hydroxy caproic acid ester to form caprolacton, and pure .epsilon.caprolacton is recovered from the cyclization product by distillation.

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    公开(公告)号:FI962046A

    公开(公告)日:1996-05-14

    申请号:FI962046

    申请日:1996-05-14

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: PCT No. PCT/EP94/03683 Sec. 371 Date May 16, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date May 16, 1996 PCT Filed Nov. 9, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/14010 PCT Pub. Date May 26, 1995A process for the preparation of gamma -butyrolactone, in which 2,5-dihydrofuran or 2,3-dihydrofuran or a mixture of these two dihydrofurans is caused to react in the gas phase in the presence of water and in the presence or absence of additional hydrogen at elevated temperature over a hydrogenating catalyst.

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