Abstract:
CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS ARE PREPARED BY REACTING CARBOXYLIC ACID NITRILES WITH ALCOHOLS IN THE PRESENCE OF WATER IN ACID MELT AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 90 AND 300* C., THE CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTER AND ANY UNCONVERTED NITRILE AND ALCOHOL FROM THE MELT AND HEATING THE MELT TO A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 300 AND 500*C. TO DRIVE OFF AMMONIA TAKEN UP BY THE ACID SALT.
Abstract:
Hydrogen cyanide in hydrogen cyanide containing gas is transformed into ammonia by a special iridium catalyst in the presence of at least the equivalent amount of hydrogen for the change. The ammonia is analyzed to provide a measure of the hydrogen cyanide in the hydrogen cyanide containing gas.
Abstract:
1,129,354. Ammonia. DEUTSCHE GOLD UND SILBER SCHEIDEANSTALT. 31 Aug., 1966 [2 Sept., 1965], No. 38885/66. Heading C1A. [Also in Division C2] Ammonia is separated from a gas mixture comprising a nitrile, ammonia and, optionally, water, by contacting the gas mixture with an acidic salt melt at a temperature of 90-300‹ C. for a period short enough to avoid substantial hydrolysis of the nitrile. Preferred acidic salt melts are the alkali-metal and/or ammonium acid salts of sulphuric and/or phosphoric acid and the melt is preferably passed countercurrent to the gas mixture, employing residence times of up to 100 sees. The ammonia may be desorbed from the melt by subsequently heating the melt at 300-500‹ C., preferably in the presence of an inert gas, in such a way that the gas mixture formed is suitable for nitrile synthesis, and neutral salts, e.g. the sulphates and/or phosphates of the alkali-metals, may be added to the melt in the desorption step. The melt is preferably stripped with an inert gas, e.g. air or steam, before passage to the ammonia desorption step and the whole process may be effected continuously. Specified nitriles purified are acrylonitrile, acetonitrile, benzonitrile and cyclopropyl cyanide.