Abstract:
The invention comprises 1-oxo-2-nitrato-cycloalkanes, e.g., 1-oxo-2-nitratocyclohexane, which may be made by reacting a cycloalkene with nitrogen dioxide in a liquid saturated hydrocarbon reaction medium at a temperature of -15 DEG to +25 DEG C. The product is usually immiscible with the hydrocarbon reaction medium and is allowed to form a lower layer which is separated by decantation. The nitrogen dioxide may be added directly to a solution of the cycloalkene, or a solution of the cycloalkene in a hydrocarbon may be added to a solution of nitrogen dioxide in the same solvent. Preferably a solution containing 45% by volume of the cycloalkene in the hydrocarbon solvent is added to a cooled and stirred solution of 3 volumes of liquid nitrogen dioxide in 4 volumes of the solvent and a stream of air or oxygen-containing gas is bubbled through the mixture. The cycloalkenes include cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cycloheptene, methyl cyclopentenes methyl cyclohexene or methyl cycloheptene and other alkyl derivatives in which each ring contains one, two or three substituents each having 1-20 carbon atoms. Specification 974,152 is referred to.
Abstract:
A process for the continuous production of isopropyl nitrate by the continuous distillation of a mixture of easily volatile products from a boiling reaction mixture formed from nitric acid and isopropyl alcohol and into which separate streams of nitric acid and isopropyl alcohol are introduced and in which a urea concentration effective to destroy nitrous acid is maintained is characterized in that there is passed through said boiling reaction mixture undergoing continuous distillation a stream of gas chemically indifferent to it. The indifferent gas may be, e.g., air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide or steam. The isopropyl alcohol and also the nitric acid introduced into the reaction mixture may contain urea. In an example aqueous isopropyl alcohol and nitric acid, both containing urea, are fed into a reactor containing heated aqueous nitric acid also containing urea whilst air is passed through the reaction mixture. Crude isopropyl nitrate is continuously separated from the aqueous distillate. Isopropyl alcohol may be recovered from the aqueous layer of the condensate by fractional distillation after neutralizing the nitric acid present. Specification 379,312 is referred to.
Abstract:
In apparatus for the production of esters, the liquor circulates upwards through the tubes 2 of a still 1 and downwards through an external limb 7 which is connected with the still by pipes 5, 6. The liquid level is indicated at 10. Volatile reactants are introduced into the limb 7; any non-volatile reactant may be introduced into the still. ALSO: In the continuous production of esters, particularly of alkyl nitrates, in the liquid phase, the reaction mixture is circulated upwards through a still and downwards through an external limb connected thereto, the volatile reactants being introduced into the external stream of liquor. Non-volatile reactants may be added to the still. In the apparatus shown, the liquor circulates upwards through the tubes 2 of a still 1, and downward through the limb 7 which is connected with the still by pipes 5, 6. The liquid level is indicated at 10. For the production of ethyl nitrate a mixture of alcohol with 33 per cent nitric acid containing an excess of urea is heated in the still, and p equivalent quantities of 70 per cent nitric acid and alcohol containing a little urea are separately introduced into the limb 7. A mixture of ethyl and methyl nitrates may be made similarly from the mixed alcohols. Bye-products are removed by a branch pipe 8.