Abstract:
A method oxidizes an organic compound with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst, in which the catalyst contains a N-hydroxy- or N-(substituted oxy)-imide compound derivable from at least one selected from a target product, a reaction intermediate, and a reaction byproduct, and the catalyst is produced from at least one component selected from the target product, reaction intermediate, and reaction byproduct each formed as a result of the reaction and is used in the oxidation reaction so as to make up for a loss of the catalyst due to denaturation in the reaction. The method can easily and inexpensively make up for a loss of the catalyst denaturated in the course of reaction.
Abstract:
It is desirable to provide a method for easily removing catalyst-derived impurities from a product of a reaction by the catalysis of a compound having a dicarboximide skeleton and thereby efficiently yielding a target compound with high purity.Disclosed is a method for producing an organic compound through a reaction of a substrate in the presence of a catalyst, the catalyst including a compound having a dicarboximide skeleton represented by following Formula (i): wherein R represents hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl-protecting group. The method includes the step of treating a reaction product with hot water so as to decompose and remove an impurity derived from the catalyst. The temperature of the hot water is preferably 100° C. or higher.
Abstract:
A process produces an N,N′,N″-trisubstituted isocyanuric acid represented by following Formula (4): wherein R is a hydroxyl-protecting group, by heating an N-substituted carbamic acid derivative represented by following Formula (1): wherein R has the same meaning as defined above; and Z is a group represented by following Formula (2) or (3): wherein R′ is a hydrocarbon group or a heterocyclic group having a carbon atom at the bonding site with the adjacent oxygen atom, wherein the heating is carried out at a temperature in a range of 95° C. to 145° C. where Z is the group represented by Formula (3). This process can easily and conveniently produce the N,N′,N″-trisubstituted isocyanuric acid in a high yield.
Abstract:
An oxidation reaction mixture (e.g. adipic acid, benzoic acid, butenediol) and an oxidation catalyst are efficiently separated from a reaction mixture with the use of an aqueous solvent (e.g. methyl benzoate, benzonitrile) containing at least water (e.g. water) and a non-water-soluble solvent separable from the aqueous solvent, the reaction mixture being obtained by oxidizing a substrate (e.g. a hydrocarbon) in the presence of an imide compound such as N-hydroxyphthalimide shown by the following formula (1) as the oxidation catalyst, wherein R1 and R2 represents a substituent such as a hydrogen atom and a halogen atom; R1 and R2 may together form a double bond, or an aromatic or nonaromatic 5- to 12-membered ring; X stands for O or OH; and n is 1 to 3. No decomposition of the oxidation catalyst is observed in this separation process.
Abstract:
A compound shown by the following formula: wherein each of R1a, R2a, R3a and R4a represents a substituent selected from a non-reactive atom, a non-reactive group, a hydroxyl group and an amino group, and at least two members selected from R1a, R2a, R3a and R4a are a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group or an amino group; is subjected to an esterification reaction or an amidation reaction with a polymerizable unsaturated compound (e.g., an alcohol, a carboxylic acid, an amine) in the presence of a catalyst comprising an element selected from the Group 3 elements, such as a samarium compound, to obtain a polymerizable adamantane derivative having at least one polymerizable unsaturated group in high yield.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for the production of an oxygen-containing organic compound by oxidizing an organic compound with molecular oxygen in a liquid phase in the presence both of a catalytic nitrogen-containing cyclic compound and a catalyst including a solid superacid and, supported thereon, a transition metal compound, in which the nitrogen-containing cyclic compound contains, as a ring constituent, a skeleton represented by following Formula (1), wherein X represents an —OR group, and wherein R represents hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl-protecting group. The process gives the oxygen-containing organic compound in a high yield and enables easy recovery and reuse of the catalyst.
Abstract:
A catalyst of the invention includes an imide compound having a N-substituted cyclic imide skeleton represented by following Formula (I): wherein R is a hydroxyl-protecting group. Preferred R is a hydrolyzable protecting group. R may be a group obtained from an acid by eliminating an OH group therefrom. Such acids include, for example, carboxylic acids, sulfonic acids, carbonic acid, carbamic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acids and boric acids. The catalyst may include the imide compound and a metallic compound in combination. In the presence of the catalyst, (A) a compound capable of forming a radical is allowed to react with (B) a radical scavenging compound and thereby yields an addition or substitution reaction product of the compound (A) and the compound (B) or a derivative thereof. This catalyst can produce an organic compound with a high selectivity in a high yield as a result of, for example, an addition or substitution reaction under mild conditions.
Abstract:
A method of this invention produces an aromatic carboxylic acid, by oxidizing an aromatic compound B with oxygen in the presence of a catalytic nitrogen-containing cyclic compound A to thereby yield a corresponding aromatic carboxylic acid, the aromatic compound B having one or more hydrocarbon groups alone as substituents on its aromatic ring, and the catalytic nitrogen-containing cyclic compound A having a skeleton represented by following Formula (i): wherein X represents oxygen atom or an —OR group, and wherein R represents hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl-protecting group, as a constitutive member of its ring. The method includes the step of carrying out a reaction at a concentration of the aromatic compound B in the reaction system of 3.0 percent by weight or less, while continuously feeding the catalytic nitrogen-containing cyclic compound A, the aromatic compound B, a reaction solvent, and oxygen to a reactor and continuously extracting a reaction mixture from the reactor. This method can produce aromatic carboxylic acids with industrially good productivity without the need for special reaction facilities and without undergoing many steps.
Abstract:
It is desirable to provide a method for easily removing catalyst-derived impurities from a product of a reaction by the catalysis of a compound having a dicarboximide skeleton and thereby efficiently yielding a target compound with high purity.Disclosed is a method for producing an organic compound through a reaction of a substrate in the presence of a catalyst, the catalyst including a compound having a dicarboximide skeleton represented by following Formula (i): wherein R represents hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl-protecting group. The method includes the step of treating a reaction product with hot water so as to decompose and remove an impurity derived from the catalyst. The temperature of the hot water is preferably 100° C. or higher.
Abstract:
In the presence of an imide compound (e.g., N-hydroxyphthalimide) shown by the formula (2): wherein R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group; or R1 and R2 may bond together to form a double bond or an aromatic or non-aromatic ring; Y is O or OH and n=1 to 3; or the imide compound and a co-catalyst (e.g., a transition metal compound), an adamantane derivative having a functional group such as a nitro group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a hydroxymethyl group and an isocyanato group is oxidized with oxygen. According to the above method, an adamantane derivative having a hydroxyl group together with a functional group such as a nitro group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a hydroxymethyl group and an isocyanato group is efficiently obtained.