PREPARATION OF HEXANEDIOL
    4.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:MY126723A

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-31

    申请号:MYPI20002698

    申请日:2000-06-14

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: A PROCESS FOR PREPARING 1,6-HEXANEDIOL FROM A CARBOXYLIC ACID MIXTURE COMPRISING ADIPIC ACID, 6-HIDROXYCAPROIC ACID AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF 1,4- CYCLOHEXANEDIOLS WHICH IS OBTAINED AS BY-PRODUCT IN THE OXIDATION OF CYCLOHEXANE TO CYCLOHEXANONE/CYCLOHEXANOL AFTER WATER EXTRACTION OF THE REACTION MIXTURE FOLLOWED BY EXTRACTION WITH AQUEOUS SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION, BY ESTERIFICATION OF THE ACIDS AND HYDROGENATION COMPRISES A) LIBERATING THE CARBOXYLIC ACIDS FROM THE ALKALINE EXTRACT BY ADDITION OF A MINERAL ACID,B) FRACTIONATING THE ORGANIC PHASE COMPRISING CARBOXYLIC ACIDS TO GIVE A DISTILLATE COMPRISING THE LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND A RESIDUE COMPRISING ADIPIC ACID AND 6-HYDROXYCAPROIC ACID,C) REACTING THE MONOCARBOXYLIC AN DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS PRESENT IN THE AQUEOUS DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS MIXTURE WITH A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ALCOHOL TO GIVE THE CORRESPONDING CARBOXYLIC ESTERS, D) FREEING THE ESTERIFICATION MIXTURE OBTAINED OF EXCESS ALCOHOL AND LOW BOILERS IN A FIRST DISTILLATION STEP,E) FRACTIONATING THE BOTTOM PRODUCT IN A SECOND DISTILLATION STEP TO GIVE AN ESTER FRACTION ESSENTIALLY FREE OF 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIOLS AND A FRACTION COMPRISING AT LEAST THE MAJOR PART OF THE 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIOLS, F) CATALYTICALLY HYDROGENATING THE ESTER FRACTION WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY FREE OF 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIOLS AND G) ISOLATING 1,6-HEXANEDIOL FROM THE HYDROGENATION PRODUCT IN A MANNER KNOWN PER SE IN A FINAL DISTILLATION STEP.FIG.1

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