Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of producing epoxide or epichlorohydrin from multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon and/or an ester thereof.SOLUTION: A method is provided which includes: bringing multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon and/or an ester thereof into contact with a source of a superatmospheric partial pressure of hydrogen chloride at superatmospheric, atmospheric and subatmospheric pressure conditions, for a sufficient time, at a sufficient temperature, and without substantial removal of water, by using a catalyst capable of being used with improved results, to produce chlorohydrin; and bringing the chlorohydrin into contact with a base to produce epoxide in good yield.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing epoxides or epichlorohydrins from multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon and/or an ester thereof.SOLUTION: This invention relates to a method for: producing a chlorohydrin by contacting the multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon and/or the ester thereof with a source of a superatmospheric partial pressure of hydrogen chloride, for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature, in the presence of a catalyst that can be used with improved results under a superatmospheric pressure condition, an atmospheric pressure condition, and a pressure condition lower than the atmospheric pressure, the contacting step carried out without substantial removal of water; and producing the epoxides at high yield by bringing the chlorohydrin into contact with a base.
Abstract:
Polyether polyols, derivatives and combinations thereof are converted to olefins under reductive or non-reductive dehydroxylation conditions, in the presence of a halogen-based catalyst. Derivatives include polyether polyols incorporated in polyurethanes. The process includes gas pressure from 1 psig (~6.89 KPa) to 2000 psig (~13.79 MPa), a temperature from 50 °C to 250 °C, a liquid reaction medium, and a molar ratio of the starting material to halogen atoms from 1:10 to 100:1.
Abstract:
Use a solvent blend that contains 1-methoxy-2,7-octadiene and an alkanols rather than the alkanols by itself to prepare a catalyst precursor suitable for use in butadiene telomerization.
Abstract:
Un proceso para la telomerización de butadieno que comprende hacer reaccionar, en una zona de reacción en fase líquida, 1,3-butadieno, y un compuesto que contiene hidrógeno activo, en el que el compuesto que contiene hidrógeno activo es un alcanol seleccionado entre alcoholes que tienen de 1 a 10 átomos de carbono, en presencia de un catalizador que incluye un metal de transición del Grupo VIII y un ligando de fosfina seleccionado entre bis(4- clorofenil)(2-metoxi-fenil)fosfina y bis(4-fluorofenil)(2-metoxifenil)fosfina, y un promotor de catalizador; en condiciones tales que se forma un producto de reacción que incluye al menos un octadieno alcoxi-sustituido.
Abstract:
A process for preparing an alkyl alkanoate, comprising contacting a an alkene, carbon monoxide (CO), an alcohol, a catalyst and a co-catalyst comprising a Bronsted acid, under alkoxycarbonylation conditions to produce an alkyl alkanoate, wherein the catalyst comprises a metal-organophosphorous ligand complex comprising a ligand of the following formula: wherein X1 – X8 are independently, H, R, Ar, substituted Ar, OR, OAr, CO2R, SiR3, SO3R, SO3H, or fluoro; where R is alkyl or substituted alkyl; where Ar is aryl; where X4 and X5 optionally may be linked to form a cyclic structure; where Y1 – Y4 are independently Ar or substituted Ar; where the Y1 – Y4 groups that are bound to the same P atom may also be linked with a carbon to carbon bond, CH2, NH, NR, NAr, or O; and where n is 0 or 1.
Abstract:
Use a solvent blend that contains 1-methoxy-2,7-octadiene and an alkanols rather than the alkanols by itself to prepare a catalyst precursor suitable for use in butadiene telomerization.
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A method for forming 1,3,5,7-tetraalkyl-6-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phosphaadamantane includes obtaining a solution comprising an ethereal solvent and an aluminum hydride, adding dichloro(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)phosphine to the solution to produce 2,4-dimethoxyphenylphosphine, and reacting the 2,4-dimethoxyphenylphosphine with an acidic mixture comprising diones to produce 1,3,5,7-tetraalkyl-6-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phosphaadamantane. The solution has a temperature from greater than -20 C to 50 C throughout the method. Another method for forming 1,3,5,7-tetraalkyl-6-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phosphaadamantane includes obtaining dichloro(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)phosphine, forming 2,4-dimethoxyphenylphosphine by adding the dichloro(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)phosphine to a solution comprising at least one solvent and an aluminum hydride, reacting the 2,4-dimethoxyphenylphosphine with a mixture to produce 1,3,5,7-tetraalkyl-6-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phosphaadamantane. The mixture includes an acid selected from the group consisting of Lewis acids, sulfonic Bronsted acids, and mixtures thereof, an aromatic or non-aromatic hydrocarbons; and acetylacetone.
Abstract:
Catalyst compositions are prepared by contacting a palladium source and 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-6-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phosphaadamantane and a methoxyocta-diene compound, in a primary aliphatic alcohol, under suitable conditions including a ratio of equivalents of palladium to equivalents of 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-6-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phosphaadamantane ranging from greater than 1:1 to 1:1.3. The result is a complex of palladium, a 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-6-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phosphaada-mantane ligand, and a ligand selected from a methoxyoctadiene ligand, an octadienyl ligand, or a protonated octadienyl. Such complexes may, in solution, exhibit surprising solubility and storage stability and are useful in the telomerization of butadiene, which is a step in the production of 1-octene.
Abstract:
Use a solvent blend that contains 1-methoxy-2,7-octadiene and an alkanols rather than the alkanols by itself to prepare a catalyst precursor suitable for use in butadiene telomerization.