PREPARATION OF 1,6-HEXANEDIOL IN A PURITY OF ABOVE 99.5%

    公开(公告)号:MY137518A

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-27

    申请号:MYPI20053040

    申请日:2005-07-04

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES A PROCESS FOR PREPARING 1,6-HEXANEDIOL BY HYDROGENATING DIALKYL ADIPATES, ALKYL 6-HYDROXYCAPROATES, 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIONE AND 4-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXAN-1-ONE AS ESTER MIXTURES COMPRISING IMPURITIES, BY A) FREEING RESULTING THE ESTERIFICATION MIXTURE OF EXCESS ALCOHOL AND LOW BOILERS IN A FIRST DISTILLATION STAGE (ALCOHOL REMOVAL), B) CARRYING OUT A SEPARATION OF THE BOTTOM PRODUCT IN A SECOND DISTILLATION STAGE INTO AN ESTER FRACTION SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIOLS AND A FRACTION COMPRISING AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF THE 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIOLS, C) CATALYTICALLY HYDROGENATING THE ESTER FRACTION SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF 1,4- CYCLOHEXANEDIOLS (ESTER HYDROGENATION) AND D) IN A PURIFYING DISTILLATION STAGE, OBTAINING 1 ,6-HEXANEDIOL FROM THE HYDROGENATION EFFLUENT IN A MANNER KNOWN PER SE, WHICH COMPRISES SELECTIVELY HYDROGENATING THE ESTER MIXTURE BEFORE STAGE A) AND/OR BEFORE STAGE B) (PURIFYING HYDROGENATION).

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