Abstract:
The invention concerns a process for preparing polytetrahydrofuran, copolymers of tetrahydrofuran and 2-butin-1,4-diol, diesters of these polymers with C2-C20 monocarboxylic acids or monoesters of these polymers with C1-C10 monocarboxylic acids by polymerizing tetrahydrofuran in the presence of one of the following telogens, water, 1,-4-butane diol, 2-butin-1,4-diol, polytetrahydrofuran with a molecular weight of between 200 and 700 Dalton, or of a C1-C10 monocarboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid anhydride produced from C2-C20 monocarboxylic acids or mixtures of these telogens on a heterogeneous carrier catalyst which contains a catalytically active amount of an oxygenous molybdenum and/or tungsten compound on an oxidic carrier material, and which has been calcined at temperatures of between 500 °C and 1000 °C after application of the precursor compounds of the oxygenous molybdenum and/or tungsten compounds to the carrier material precursors. Before it is used as a polymerization catalyst, the catalyst is activated by treatment with a reducing agent.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to processes for removing sulfur compounds from hydrocarbonaceous gases by using catalysts, with the exception of activated carbons and zeolites, which comprise copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, iron, cobalt, nickel or mixtures thereof at temperatures of from (-50) to 150°C and a pressure of from 0.1 to bar.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a catalyst which contains copper and which is provided for decomposing N2O. The inventive catalyst contains a compound of general formula M x Al2O4, in which M represents Cu or mixture s of Cu with Zn and/or Mg, wherein x has a value ranging from 0.8 to 1.5. The invention also relates to a method in which the inventi ve catalyst is used in order to catalytically decompose N2O which is pure or which is contained in a gas mixture at an increased temperature.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahydrofuran copolymer, diester or monoester by polymerizing tetrahydrofuran in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer and of an acidic heterogeneous catalyst based on activated sheet silicates or mixed metal oxides in a fluidized bed.
Abstract:
A process for coproducing alkyl-substituted or unsubstituted THF and pyrrolidones by catalytically hydrogenating C 4 -dicarboxylic acids and/or derivatives thereof in the gas phase in the presence of copper catalysts and reacting GBL with ammonia or primary amines to give pyrrolidones comprises a) hydrogenating C 4 -dicarboxylic acids and/or derivatives thereof in the gas phase at from 200 to 300° C., from 0.1 to 100 bar, catalyst hourly space velocities of from 0.01 to 1 kg of reactant/l of catalyst*hour and reactant/hydrogen molar ratios of from 20 to 800 in the presence of catalysts comprising copper, aluminum and/or zinc to give mixtures of THF and GBL, b) separating the hydrogenation effluent obtained by distillation into a THF/water mixture as the top product and a GBL-containing bottom product, c) separating the THF/water mixture from step b) in a distillation facility consisting of three columns by withdrawing water from the bottom of the first column, recycling water-containing THF from the second into the first column, passing a side stream of the first into the second column, recycling the bottom product of the third column into the first column and withdrawing a distillate at the top of the first column, wherein a side stream of the second column is passed into the third column and the pure THF is obtained as the top product of the third column, d) recovering GBL from the GBL-containing bottom product from step b) by distillation and e) reacting the GBL obtained with ammonia or amines to give corresponding pyrrolidones.
Abstract:
Procedimiento para la descomposición catalítica de N2O puro o contenido en mezclas gaseosas, a temperaturas comprendidas entre 500 y 900ºC, en el que se emplea catalizador que contiene cobre, que contiene un compuesto de la fórmula general: MxAl2O4 en la que M significa cobre o mezclas de cobre con cinc y/o con magnesio y conteniendo el catalizador, como otros productos de dopaje, circonio y/o lantano en forma de óxido, en una cantidad desde un 0, 01 hasta un 5, 0 % en peso, caracterizado porque x presenta un valor comprendido entre 0, 95 y 1, 1.
Abstract:
A supported rhenium containing catalyst (I) contains a further metal from Group 8 or 1b, preferably ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), osmium (Os,) iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), copper (Cu), silver (Ag) or cobalt (Co) in the form of at least one bimetallic precursor compound applied to the support. An Independent claim is also included for a process for the production of mixtures of tetrahydrofuran and gamma-butyrolactone by catalytic hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds using the catalyst (I).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing oxidic catalysts containing copper with an oxidation number > 0 by treating a solid oxidic supporting material with an aqueous solution containing at least one copper salt and by means of a subsequent calcination. The invention is characterized in that the aqueous solution of the copper salt contains at least one organic, water soluble polymer, said polymer coordinately bonding copper ions, in concentration of 0.1 to 100 g/l. The invention also relates to the catalysts obtained by said method. In addition, the invention relates to a method for dehydrating secondary alcohols into ketones by utilizing the inventive catalysts, especially for dehydrating cycloxexanol.
Abstract:
Crude water-containing tetrahydrofuran is purified by passing the crude tetrahydrofuran through three distillation columns, withdrawing water from the bottom of the first column, recycling water-containing tetrahydrofuran from the top of the second column into the first column, passing a sidestream of the first column into the second column, recycling the bottom product of the third column into the first column, and withdrawing a distillate at the top of the first column. Additionally, a sidestream of the second column is passed into the third column and the purified tetrahydrofuran is recovered as the top product of the third column.