Abstract:
The invention provides a process for the preparation of a compound of Formula 1, comprising coupling a carboxylic acid of Formula 2 with an aniline of Formula 3 in the presence of a coupling agent.
Abstract:
A process for continuous adiabatic nitration of toluene to mononitrotoluene (MNT). The process yields a product quality of MNT that is comparable to that obtained by isothermal production. The process uses excess toluene, with the reaction rate being controlled to maintain a residual of 0.003-0.102 wt % nitric acid in the spent acid and an orange to red color of the spent acid. Further process conditions include re-concentrated sulfuric acid at 83 to 99 degrees C. with a concentration of sulfuric acid from 66 to 70.5 wt %. This is mixed with nitric acid to generate a mixed acid with 1.0 to 3.8 wt % nitric acid and toluene is added at a rate of 1.1 to 1.71 moles toluene/mole nitric acid. The reactants are mixed in a reactor with an overall average mixing intensity of 5.8 to 19 W/kg of contained solution.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a process and an apparatus for synthesizing nitroalkanes by reaction of a hydrocarbon feedstock with aqueous nitric acid. By using an isothermal reactor with multiple input ports for aqueous nitric acid, a hydrocarbon feedstock may be sequentially exposed to a plurality of flows of aqueous nitric acid as it flows through the reactor.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for removing non-aromatic impurities from non-nitrated aromatic reactant in a nitration production process, in which process an aromatic reactant is nitrated (100) to produce a nitrated aromatic product using a molar excess of the aromatic reactant, and non-nitrated aromatic reactant is recovered (102) from the produced nitrated aromatic product and is recycled (104) for use in the nitration production process. A portion of the removed excess non-nitrated aromatic reactant is diverted (106) and subjected to nitration (108). The nitrated stream may be further processed by separating out the spent acids (110) and the non-aromatic impurities (116). These streams may be sent (114, 118) to a suitable location in the nitration production train.
Abstract:
An improved process is provided for the preparation of 2,6-dihalo-3,5-dinitrotoluene by the nitration of 2,6-dihalotoluene. The direct isolation of highly pure 2,6-dihalo-3,5-dinitrotoluene is accomplished without a water or ice quench, by providing at least one equivalent of SO3 during the reaction, slow crystallization, and isolation of product from a cold crystal slurry.
Abstract:
A process to produce 2,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)nitrobenzene in a high yield from an industrially easily available material by using a substance with which the reaction operation is simple and handling is easy, with a small number of steps under moderate reaction conditions, is provided. 1,4-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene is nitrated by means of nitric acid in a solvent comprising as an essential component an acid selected from sulfuric acid having a sulfuric acid concentration of from 91 to 100 mass % and fuming sulfuric acid having a sulfur trioxide concentration of higher than 0 mass % and at most 20 mass %.
Abstract:
The invention concerns novel nitroaromatic compounds of general formula (I′) wherein: R, R′1, R2, Z and n are as defined in claim 38. The invention also concerns a method for preparing nitroaromatic compounds nitrated in position 4. The invention further concerns the use of said compounds for preparing heterocyclic benzofuran or benzothiophene derivatives nitrated in position 5. The invention concerns particularly the preparation of 2-alkyl-5-nitrobezofuran
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of 5,6-disubstituted indoles in which a 4-5-disubstituted-2,.beta.-nitrostyrene is subjected to a reductive cyclization in the presence of a water soluble dithionite salt.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the production of nitroarenes with high para-selectivity from monosubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons using aluminosilicates as catalysts, which comprises nitration of monosubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons using aluminosilicates of different ratios wherein Si/Al ranges between 5 to 1000 and the said aluminosilicates being manifested in the form of variety of zeolites and K10 montmorillonite as catalysts using nitric acid in the molar ratio of nitric acid to monosubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons ranging between 0.25 to 2.5 at a temperature in the range of 30-160.degree. C. for a period ranging between 0.25 to 3.0 h and followed by continuous removal of water formed from the reaction mixture with a Dean-Stark apparatus and recovery of the product mixture by concentration of the reaction mixture after separation of the catalyst by filtration.
Abstract:
A continuous process for the dinitration of alkyl-substituted derivatives of phenol and aniline, using nitric acid substantially free of sulphuric acid, characterized in which the dinitration is conducted in a single step in a tubular reactor in the presence of a catalytically-effective amount of a catalyst capable of reacting with the nitric acid to form nitrous acid in situ.