Abstract:
Manufacture of saturated aliphatic alcohols by hydrogenation of saturated aliphatic aldehydes at temperatures of from 140* to 230*C at pressures of from 50 to 350 atmospheres in the presence of catalysts containing from 5 to 15% by weight nickel and 5 to 20% by weight molybdenum supported on silicic acid, in which process catalysts are used which have been obtained by heating silicic acid carrier materials to temperatures of from 700* to 1200*C, impregnating the resulting silicic acid carrier materials with nickel and molybdenum salts, drying the resulting material with or without further heating to temperatures of from 200* to 500*C and subsequently treating the product with hydrogen at elevated temperature in conventional manner. The alcohols obtained are used as solvents or for the manufacture of plasticizers for polyvinyl chloride.
Abstract:
THE PRODUCTION OF 1,2,4-DIALKYLISOPROPYLBENZENES AND 1,2,4,5-DIALKYLDIISOPROPYLBENZENES BY REACTION OF DIALKYLBENZENES WITH PROPYLENE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ALUMINUM CHLORIDE/HYDROGEN CHLORIDE CATALYST AND A POLYALKYLBENZENE WHICH IS MORE BASIC THAN 1,4-DIMETHYL-2,5-DIISOPROPYLBENZENE.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CYMENES BY REACTION OF METHYLDIISOPROPYLBENZENES WITH TOLUENE AND PROPYLENE IN TWO OR THREE STAGES. THE PRODUCTS OF THE NEW PROCESS ARE VALUABLE STARTING MATERIALS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PLASTICS MATERIALS OR FIBERS.
Abstract:
A process for the production of mainly linear aldehydes by hydroformylation of an olefinically unsaturated compound of from two to twenty carbon atoms with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperature and superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a cobalt carbonyl complex prepared prior to the hydroformylation from an aqueous solution of a cobalt salt, wherein in a first stage an aqueous solution of a cobalt salt is treated with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at a temperature of from 50* to 200*C and at a pressure of from 100 to 400 atmospheres in the presence of activated carbon, a zeolite or a basic ion exchanger which has been loaded with cobalt carbonyl, the aqueous solution containing cobalt salt and cobalt carbonyl hydride thus obtained and the mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, without releasing the pressure, are extracted at a temperature of 20* to 100*C and at a pressure of 100 to 400 atmospheres in a second stage with a saturated hydrocarbon or the olefinically unsaturated compound used for the hydroformylation (provided they are insoluble in water and liquid under the conditions used), water-insoluble oxo reaction product or hydrogenated oxo reaction product, the aqueous phase is separated and the organic phase containing the carbonyl complex thus obtained and the mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen are transferred to a third stage and, after supplying olefinically unsaturated compound (if this has not been used or has only partly been used for extraction in the abovementioned stage) hydroformylation is carried out at a temperature of from 70* to 170*C and a pressure of from 100 to 400 atmospheres. The products of the process are suitable for the production of detergent alcohols and plasticizers and for the production of carboxylic acids and amines.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of saturated C3-C20-alcohols in which a liquid hydrogenation feed comprising at least one C3-C20-aldehyde is passed over a bed of a hydrogenation catalyst in the presence of a hydrogen-containing gas, which comprises adding to the hydrogenation feed an amount, homogeneously soluble therein, of a salt-like base. The addition of base suppresses side reactions, such as acetalization, aldolization, Tischtschenko reaction or ether formation.
Abstract:
Solutions of cobalt carbonyl and cobalt carbonyl hydride in organic solvents are prepared by treating aqueous solutions of cobalt salts with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at a temperature of from 50 DEG to 200 DEG C and a pressure of from 50 to 500 atmospheres in the presence of solvents which are sparingly water-miscible or are water-immiscible and which have a content of cobalt carbonyl, cobalt carbonyl hydride or mixtures thereof, the starting materials and the organic solvents being passed cocurrently through a zone in which a turbulent flow is maintained. The improvement includes using n-butanol as solvent. Solutions of cobalt carbonyl and cobalt carbonyl hydride in n-butanol are suitable as catalyst solutions for oxo syntheses.
Abstract:
Formic acid is isolated from mixtures containing formic acid, methyl formate, methanol and water by fractional distillation, the mixture being fed into the upper half of the distillation column and 5 to 15 theoretical plates being maintained above the feed point and 10 to 25 theoretical plates below the feed point. The formic acid is withdrawn at the bottom end of the column as an azeotrope with water, the azeotrope being in the liquid state or preferably in the vapor state.
Abstract:
O. Z. OO5O/35O76 Aldehydes are obtained from the gaseous product of the hydroformylation of olefinically unsaturated compounds using a rhodium catalyst by a process (cf. Figure 2) in which a) this gaseous product is introduced, without being cooled or let down, into a distillation column D, b) the top fraction from this column is cooled in a condenser K so that the greater part of the aldehydes contained therein is condensed, c) the condensate is separated, in a separator A, into a gas phase and a liquid phase, d) the gas phase from A, after waste gas has been separa ted off, is again brought to the synthesis pressure by means of a compressor P, and is returned to the reactor as a recycle gas, e) the liquid phase from A is returned to D, and f) the aldehydes are taken off from column D as liquid bottom products and/or as a vaporous side stream.