PREPARATION OF BUTANEDIOL
    4.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:MY131137A

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-31

    申请号:MYPI20032156

    申请日:2003-06-10

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A PROCESS FOR PREPARING OPTIONALLY ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED 1,4-BUTANEDIOL BY TWO-STAGE CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION IN THE GAS PHASE OF C4-DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND/OR OF DERIVATIVES THEREOF HAVING THE FOLLOWING STEPS: A) INTRODUCING A GAS STREAM OF A C4-DICARBOXYLIC ACID OR OF A DERIVATIVE THEREOF AT FROM 200 TO 300?C AND FROM 10 TO 100 BAR INTO A FIRST REACTOR OR INTO A FIRST REACTION ZONE OF A REACTOR AND CATALYTICALLY HYDROGENATING IT IN THE GAS PHASE TO A PRODUCT WHICH CONTAINS MAINLY OPTIONALLY ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED ?-BUTYROLACTONE; B) INTRODUCING THE PRODUCT STREAM OBTAINED IN THIS WAY INTO A SECOND REACTOR OR INTO A SECOND REACTION ZONE OF A REACTOR AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 140?C TO 260?C AND CATALYTICALLY HYDROGENATING IT IN THE GAS PHASE TO OPTIONALLY ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED 1,4-BUTANEDIOL; STEPS A) AND B) BEING CARRIED OUT AT THE SAME PRESSURE; C) REMOVING THE DESIRED PRODUCT FROM INTERMEDIATES, BY-PRODUCTS AND ANY UNCONVERTED REACTANTS; D) OPTIONALLY RECYCLING UNCONVERTED INTERMEDIATES INTO ONE OR BOTH HYDROGENATION STAGES,SAID HYDROGENATION STAGES EACH USING A CATALYST WHICH COMPRISES 5% BY WEIGHT,PREFERABLY FROM 5 TO 95% BY WEIGHT, IN PARTICULAR FROM 20 TO 90% BY WEIGHT, OF AN OXIDIC SUPPORT, AND THE PRODUCT MIXTURE REMOVED FROM THE FIRST HYDROGENATION STAGE BEING INTRODUCED WITHOUT FURTHER PURIFICATION INTO THE SECOND HYDROGENATION STAGE.

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