Abstract:
Heterogeneous catalytic reactions are carried out continuously in liquid phase. To this end, a suspension of liquid starting material and particulate catalyst together with resulting reaction product is continuously conveyed upwardly in a reaction zone by the introduction, in accordance with the principle of an air-lift pump, of a gas near the bottom of the reaction zone, and recycled downwardly through a reflux line to the bottom of the reaction zone, the path of liquid material through the reflux line being interrupted by an injector system situated in a closed catalyst-separating zone containing recycle liquid; following establishment of the reaction equilibrium, starting material is continuously supplied to the reaction zone and crude, catalystfree recycle liquid is continuously removed near the head of the catalyst-separating zone, and recycle liquid which is to be removed is caused to travel through the catalyst-separating zone with the injector system therein towards the recycle liquid outlet at a velocity smaller than the sedimentation velocity of the catalyst under the operational conditions prevailing. More particularly, 1,4-dichlorobutene-2 is isomerized to 3,4dichlorobutene-1. To achieve this the reaction zone is supplied continuously with 1,4-dichlorobutene-2 or with a commercial mixture of 3,4-dichlorobutene-1 and 1,4-dichlorobutene-2; an inert gas is introduced into the bottom portion of said reaction zone; liquid material is heated to boiling therein; 3,4dichlorobutene-1 is distilled off near the head of said reaction zone; 3,4-dichlorobutene-1 is conveyed to a distilling zone and fractionated therein until pure; pure 3,4-dichlorobutene-1 is condensed in a cooling zone; and 1,4-dichlorobutene-2 having high-boiling fractions enriched therein is isolated near the head of the separating zone.
Abstract:
Monovinylacetylene is produced by an improved process, wherein acetylene is introduced at temperatures within the range 40* and 100*C and under acetylene gas pressures within the range 0.01 and 10 atmospheres (gauge) into a Nieuwland catalyst type solution being an aqueous copper(I) chloride solution in hydrochloric acid, which is used in admixture with between 0.1 and 10 weight% of an alkali metal salt of an aminocarboxylic acid or of an aminosulfonic acid and in further admixture with an organic monovinylacetylene solvent boiling at temperatures higher than about 150*C, immiscible with the solution and containing at least 40 weight% of indan together with further mononuclear aromates; wherein the catalyst solution and the solvent are mechanically dispersed by introducing acetylene thereinto with the resultant formation of a homogeneous catalyst liquid having between 25 and 85% by volume of the solvent therein; wherein monovinylacetylene is continually stripped off from the dispersed solvent, which is saturated with monovinylacetylene, by introducing an excess of acetylene gas thereinto; and wherein pure monovinylacetylene is recovered from the issuing gas mixture. The improved process comprises more particularly concentrating the catalyst solution by evaporating water therefrom and dissolving additional copper(I) chloride in the catalyst solution so concentrated.
Abstract:
Production of a catalyst comprised of a fine-particulate carrier and palladium metal for the partial dehalogenation of di- and/or trichloracetic acids in the presence of hydrogen to produce monochloracetic acid, wherein the dry porous carrier is impregnated with a palladium salt solution and the palladium absorbed by the carrier is reduced to palladium metal with the use of a suitable reducing agent. More particularly the palladium metal is concentrated exclusively on the surface of the carrier by impregnating and partially saturating the dry, fineparticulate carrier with the pure palladium salt solvent; by continuing impregnation until complete saturation of the carrier so pretreated with the necessary quantity of palladium salt solution; and by reducing the palladium salt applied to the carrier to palladium in known manner.
Abstract:
Heterogeneous catalytic reactions are carried out continuously in liquid phase. A substantially uniform suspension of liquid starting material and fine particulate catalyst together with resulting reaction product is continuously conveyed upwardly in a reaction zone by the introduction, in accordance with the principle of an airlift pump, of a gas or vaporous material near the bottom of the reaction zone, and recycled downwardly through a reflux line to the bottom of the reaction zone. The path of liquid material through the reflux line is interrupted by an injector system situated in a closed catalyst-separating zone containing reaction product. Following establishment of the reaction equilibrium, starting material is continuously supplied near the bottom of the reaction zone and crude but catalyst-free reaction product continuously removed near the head of the catalyst-separating zone. Reaction product which is to be removed is caused to travel through the catalyst-separating zone with the injector system therein towards the reaction product outlet at a velocity smaller than the sedimentation velocity of the catalyst under the prevailing operational conditions.
Abstract:
Improved process permitting heterogeneous catalytic reactions to be carried out continuously in liquid phase, wherein a suspension of liquid starting material and fine particulate catalyst together with resulting reaction product is continuously conveyed upwardly in a reaction zone, in accordance with the principle underlying an airlift pump, by the introduction of a gas into, near the bottom of, the reaction zone, and recycled downwardly through a by-pass reflux line to the bottom of the reaction zone, the recycled liquid material passing through an injector system interrupting its flow, the said system being situated in the bypass reflux line in a closed catalyst-separating zone containing reaction product; wherein, following establishment of the reaction equilibrium, starting material is continuously supplied to the reaction zone and crude, catalyst-free reaction product is removed near the head of the catalyst-separating zone; wherein reaction product, which is to be removed from the catalystseparating zone, is caused to flow upwardly through the catalystseparating zone with the injector system therein towards the reaction product outlet at velocity smaller than the sedimentation velocity of the catalyst in the catalyst-separating zone under the operational conditions prevailing. The improved process is more particularly used for esterifying arcylic acid in contact with an acid ion exchanger as a catalyst, at elevated temperature and under pressures substantially between 0.01 and 1 atmosphere absolute. To this end, the reaction zone is continuously supplied with a starting mixture of acrylic acid and an alkanol having between 4 and 6 carbon atoms; an inert gas is introduced into, near the bottom of, the reaction zone; the resulting suspension is heated to boiling; an azeotropic mixture of water originating from the esterification, alkanol and/or ester, is distilled off in a distillation zone placed directly above the head of the reaction zone; the azeotropic mixture is condensed and separated into a specifically lighter, predominantly organic phase and into a specifically heavier, predominantly aqueous phase, the organic phase being recycled to the head of the distillation zone and/or to the reaction zone; and resulting crude alkyl acrylate is removed near the head of the catalyst-separating zone.