CATALYST FOR THE OXIDATIVE ESTERIFICATION OF ALDEHYDES TO CARBOXYLIC ESTERS

    公开(公告)号:US20190084914A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US16134569

    申请日:2018-09-18

    申请人: Evonik Roehm GmbH

    摘要: The present invention relates to a novel process for oxidative esterification, generally for reaction of aldehydes with alcohols in the presence of oxygenous gases directly to give the corresponding ester in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, by means of which, for example, (meth)acrolein can be converted to methyl (meth)acrylate. The new catalyst has titanium dioxide as the main component of the support material. The catalysts are especially notable for high mechanical and chemical stability and for good catalytic performance even over very long periods. The process is an improvement in the catalyst service life, activity and selectivity over prior art catalysts which lose activity and/or selectivity relatively quickly in continuous operation in media having even a small water content.

    Extractive workup of a sodium-salt-containing MMA-methanol mixture

    公开(公告)号:US10301251B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15760030

    申请日:2016-09-14

    申请人: Evonik Roehm GmbH

    摘要: The present invention relates to a process for preparing methyl methacrylate by direct oxidative esterification of methacrolein. Methyl methacrylate is used in large amounts for preparing polymers and copolymers with other polymerizable compounds. In addition, methyl methacrylate is an important synthesis unit for a variety of specialty esters based on methacrylic acid (MAA) which can be prepared by transesterification with the appropriate alcohol. There is consequently a great interest in very simple, economic and environmentally friendly processes for preparing this starting material.In particular the present invention relates to an optimized workup of the reactor effluent from the oxidative esterification of methacrolein by means of which process waste streams can be minimized and process water can be recycled in optimal fashion. The methacrylic acid generated in the process is also optimally recovered and isolated or converted into the commodity alkyl methacrylate. This process moreover has the advantage that fewer demands than described in the prior art are placed on plant apparatus configuration.