Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a space time yield in a hydroformylation reaction of 3,4-diacetoxy-1-butene (3,4-DABE) for obtaining a C5 acetate for synthesizing vitamin A and to enhance the economic efficiency thereof. SOLUTION: This method is for producing the C5 acetate for synthesizing vitamin A by the hydroformylation of 3,4-DABE and characterized by using a 3,4-DABE-containing flow obtained by carrying out acetoxylation of 1,3-butadiene with acetic acid and air in the presence of a catalyst and extracting the 3, 4-DABE generated as a byproduct in the case by distillation.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a device and a method for obtaining anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid. Said device is partly or totally made of a zirconium-free material. A liquid of general formula (I) is used as extracting agent, wherein radicals R and R represent alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups or R and R form together with the N atom a heterocyclic five or six-membered ring and in which only one of the radicals is an aryl group and in which R stands for hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl group. The device comprises the following equipment: (i) a synthesis reactor (6); (ii) a hydrolysis reactor (1); (iii) a first distillation device (2); (iv) a second distillation device (4); (v) an extraction device (3) and (vi) a third distillation device (5). The material has been selected from the group consisting of the following classes of materials: titanium-palladium alloys, nickel-based materials containing chrome, molybdenum, and/or wolfram and high-alloy, austenitic special chrome-nickel steels containing molybdenum.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for the production of anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid. The method is characterized in that a liquid of general formula (I) that is used as extracting agent is also used as washing liquid for the off-gas produced during implementation of the method, wherein radicals R and R represent alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups or R and R together form with the N atom a heterocyclic five or six-membered ring and in which only one of the radicals is an aryl group and in which R stands for hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl group.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of producing methyl formiate by reacting excess methanol with carbon monoxide under increased pressure and increased temperature in the presence of an alkalimethylate or alkaline earth methylate as the catalyst in a pressure-proof reactor. The inventive method uses at least two reactor elements, preferably countercurrent reactors, at a temperature of approximately 100 DEG C and a pressure of approximately 100 bar in combination with a solid-matter free desalination of the reactor product. The inventive method provides a means for producing methyl formiate of any quality desired and with an excellent production capacity in a very economical and complication-free manner. The invention further relates to a method of solid-matter free desalination and to devices for carrying out the inventive method.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for obtaining formic acid which is completely free of water or free of water to a large extent. Aqueous formic acid is produced first by hydrolysing methyl formate and then liberated from the water in subsequent reprocessing. The inventive method is characterised in that the water vapour that is used for the hydrolysis of the methyl formate and for heating a distillation column used for reprocessing is also used as stripping steam for stripping off the waste water. The stripped waste water is produced during the reprocessing.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid. The process has the special feature that a liquid of the general formula Iwhere the radicals R and R are alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups, or R and R jointly, together with the N atom, form a heterocyclic 5- or 6-membered ring, and only one of the radicals is an aryl group, and where R is hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl group, employed as extractant is also employed as washing liquid for the offgases produced in the process.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for obtaining anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid, in which firstly aqueous formic acid is prepared by hydrolysis of methyl formate and is freed from water in the subsequent work-up. The process has the special feature that steam, which is employed for the hydrolysis of methyl formate and for heating a distillation column serving for work-up, is also used as stripping steam for waste-water stripping. The stripped waste water is produced during work-up.
Abstract:
In the production of propargyl alcohol (I) by conversion of an aqueous formaldehyde solution containing acetylene in presence of a catalyst containing copper acetylide at 1-15 (preferably 3-7) bars and 70-120[deg]C without formation of a coherent gas phase, the aqueous formaldehyde solution contains an organic solvent for acetylene and the catalyst is arranged in a fluidized bed.
Abstract:
The invention concerns the production of a hydrogenation catalyser based on an aluminium/transition metal alloy. The proposed method involves producing a kneadable material from the alloy and an auxiliary agent, moulding the kneadable material into moulded articles, calcinating these articles and the n treating them with an alkali metal hydroxide, using (a) polyvinyl alcohol an d water or (b) stearic acid as the auxiliary agent. The invention also concern s methods of hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis, in particular the partial hydrogenation of aliphatic .alpha.,.omega.-dinitriles to .alpha.,.omega.- aminonitriles; and the use of the catalysers thus produced for hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis.