摘要:
Methods and compositions for reactions of hydrogen over a Re-containing catalyst with compositions containing a 5-carbon sugar, sugar alcohol, or lactic acid are described. It has been surprisingly discovered that reaction with hydrogen over a Re-containing multimetallic catalyst resulted in superior conversion and selectivity to desired products such as propylene glycol. A process for the synthesis of PG from lactate or lactic acid is also described.
摘要:
A process for the co-production of a diol product (e.g. butane-1,4-diol) and a cyclic ether (e.g. tetrahydrofuran) by hydrogenation of an aliphatic diester or lactone feedstock (e.g. dimethyl or diethyl maleate), which contains a minor amount of acidic material, such as the corresponding monoester. The process utilizes a plurality of hydrogenation zones connected in series, each containing a charge of a granular ester hydrogenation catalyst. The catalyst in the first hydrogenation zone is tolerant of a minor amount of acidic material, while the catalyst in the second hydrogenation zone provides enhanced yields of cyclic ethers compared to the catalyst of the first hydrogenation zone. The catalyst in a third hydrogenation zone exhibits low selectivity towards conversion of the diester to at least one by product (e.g. 2-4null-hydroxybutoxy-tetrahydrofuran). The feedstock is supplied to the first hydrogenation zone as a vaporous stream comprising hydrogen and there is recovered a final product stream from the third hydrogenation zone which is substantially free of the hydrogenatable material and contains the diol, cyclic ether and other by products, the selectivity to the cyclic ether being greater in the final product stream than in the first intermediate product stream.
摘要:
The subject of the present invention is a novel method for preparing a composition of internal dehydration product of a hydrogenated sugar, comprising: a) a step of distilling a medium containing the said internal dehydration product in order to obtain a distillate enriched with this product, b) optionally, at least one subsequent step of purifying the distillate thus obtained, c) a subsequent step of bringing the distillate obtained during step a), and then optionally subjected to step b), into contact with an agent capable of improving the stability of the internal dehydration product predominantly contained in the distillate, the said agent not being in gaseous form, d) optionally, a subsequent step of shaping the resulting composition of internal dehydration product of a hydrogenated sugar. This method makes it possible in particular to obtain a stable isosorbide composition, characterized by its purity and/or its content of certain stabilizing or nonstabilizing species.
摘要:
A process is described for reducing the discoloration of PO3G. The discolored polymer is contacted with adsorbent and separated therefrom, for instance, by filtration. The treated polytrimethylene, preferably, has an APHA color of less than about 50 and a molecular weight of about 250 to about 5000.
摘要:
A process is provided for the preparation of anhydrosugar alcohols. The process involves heating a sugar alcohol or a monoanhydrosugar alcohol starting material in the presence of an acid catalyst, and subsequent purification of the anhydrosugar alcohol. In some embodiments of the present invention, film evaporators are used in distillation and purification of the anhydrosugar alcohols. Anhydrosugar alcohols of very high purity are achieved in the practice of the present invention. In some embodiments of the present invention, very high purities of the anhydrosugar alcohols are achieved without the use of organic solvents.
摘要:
In a process for the catalytic hydrogenation of a carbonyl compound or a mixture of two or more carbonyl compounds in the presence of catalyst tablets which comprise an inorganic, TiO2-containing support and, as active component, copper or a mixture of copper with at least one metal selected from the group consisting of zinc, aluminum, cerium, nobel metals and metals of transition group VIII and whose copper surface area is not more than 10 m2/g, the diameter d and/or the height h of the tablets is less than 3 mm.
摘要:
A process for production of tetrahydrofuran, gamma butyrolactone, 1,4 butanediol and the like from a hydrogenatable precursor such as maleic acid, succinic acid, corresponding esters and their mixtures and the like in an aqueous solution in the presence of hydrogen using a noble metal catalyst, wherein a deactivated noble metal catalyst is regenerated by contacting the catalyst with a solvent, separating the solvent from the catalyst, and then reusing the regenerated catalyst in the process.
摘要:
D-mannitol having a specific surface area of not less than about 1 m2/g is disclosed. The D-mannitol shows improved compressibility and is useful as an excipient.
摘要:
The present invention provides the following null1null to null3null, etc. null1null 1,3-Butylene glycol where, in a gas chromatographic analysis under a specific condition, the sum of area values of peaks appearing during the specific relative retention time to the area value of the peak of 1,3-butylene glycol is not more than 0.025%. null2null 1,3-Butylene glycol where, in a gas chromatographic analysis under a specific condition, the sum of area values of peaks of compounds having a hydroxyl group and an ether bond and having a molecular weight of 188 to the area value of the peak of 1,3-butylene glycol is not more than 0.025%. null3null 1,3-Butylene glycol where, in a gas chromatographic analysis under a specific condition, the sum of area values of peaks of 2-butoxy-6-methyl-4-tetrahydropyranol to the area value of the peak of 1,3-butylene glycol is not more than 0.025%.