GB1593704A – Preparation of pure dimethyl carbonate
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GB1593704A – Preparation of pure dimethyl carbonate
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Preparation of pure dimethyl carbonate
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GB1593704A
GB1593704A
GB6151/78A
GB615178A
GB1593704A
GB 1593704 A
GB1593704 A
GB 1593704A
GB 6151/78 A
GB6151/78 A
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C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
C07—ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
C07C—ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
C07C68/00—Preparation of esters of carbonic or haloformic acids
C07C68/06—Preparation of esters of carbonic or haloformic acids from organic carbonates
C07C68/065—Preparation of esters of carbonic or haloformic acids from organic carbonates from alkylene carbonates
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C07C68/00—Preparation of esters of carbonic or haloformic acids
C07C68/08—Purification; Separation; Stabilisation
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PATENT SPECIFICATION (ii) 1 593 704
+ 4 ( 21) Application No 6151/78 ( 22) Filed 16 Feb 1978 O ( 31) Convention Application No 2706684 ( 19) ( 32) Filed 17 Feb 1977 in 1 ‘ ( 33) Federal Republic of Germany (DE) ( 44) Complete Specification published 22 July 1981 ( 51) INT CL 3 CO 7 C 68/08 _I ( 52) Index at acceptance C 2 C 20 Y 30 Y 358 43 X 550 GX YT ( 54) PREPARATION OF PURE DIMETHYL CARBONATE ( 71) We, BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, a German Joint Stock Company of 6700 Ludwigshafen, Federal Republic of Germany, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by
the following statement: 5
The present invention relates to a novel process for obtaining pure dimethyl carbonate from its solutions in methanol.
Conventionally (cf, for example, U S Patent 3,803,201), dimethyl carbonate is prepared by trans-esterifying ethylene carbonate with methanol:
CH 2-O CH 3-0 CH OH 8 CO + 2 CH 3 OH C=O + | 10 CH 2 CH CH 2OH 2 3 2 Since this is an equilibrium reaction, the dimethyl carbonate must be distilled continuously from the reaction mixture This, however, has the disadvantage that dimethyl carbonate and methanol form an azeotrope so that, depending on the prevailing pressure, up to 30 per cent strength by weight methanolic solutions of the desired product are’ obtained The above Patent discloses that dimethyl 15 carbonate can be obtained pure by crystallizing it from these solutions at about -70 C; this is an expensive method which is virtually unusable industrially.
Distillation under a pressure of 10 bars, by the method described in German Laid-Open Application DOS 2,607,003; is not a satisfactory solution of the separation problem either since it requires substantial expenditure on apparatus 20 and energy consumption, and merely shifts the azeotrope in the direction of dimethyl carbonate.
Finally, German Laid-Open Application DOS 2,450,856 discloses subjecting mixtures of methanol, water and dimethyl carbonate to extractive distillation with water Apart from the resulting danger of hydrolysis, this process is also 25 disadvantageous because the excess methanol present passes into the aqueous phase and can only be removed therefrom at the expense of substantial heat consumption.
It is an object of the present invention to obtain dimethyl carbonate more economically from its solutions in methanol than is possible by the prior art 30
We have found that this object is achieved and that dimethyl carbonate is successfully obtained in a pure form from its methanolic solutions by extractive distillation, if the extractive distillation is carried out over the temperature range of from at least 60 C at the column top to not more than 250 C at the column bottom and if the extractant used is an aprotic organic liquid which is substantially 35 inert toward dimethyl carbonate, boils at above 100 C at standard pressure, is miscible with dimethyl carbonate-in all proportions and has a dielectric constant E of from 4 to 90 and a dipole moment,u of from 1 5 to 5 Debye.
Further, we have found that compounds having one or more ester structures (-CO-O-) in the molecule are particularly suitable for this purpose 40 The proviso that the extractant must be substantially inert toward dimethyl carbonate means that any chemical interaction under the extraction conditions only occurs to a negligible extent Extractants which have ester groups, e g.
2 1,593704 2 butanediol diacetate, can, it is true, undergo transesterilication reactions with dimethyl carbonate, but virtually do not do so under the conditions of the process according to the invention.
In general, compounds from numerous chemical classes may be used as extractants for example aromatic compounds, e g chlorobenzene, 5 diethylbenzenes and benzonitrile, ketones, e g cyclohexanone and acetophenone, tetramethylenesulfone and amines, e g N,N-dimethylaniline However, the use of some of these compounds requires additional technological measures, either because of relatively high flammability (diethylbenzene) or because of toxicity (chlorobenzene) or because of a tendency to form peroxides (cyclohexanone) 10 Furthermore, very expensive extractants will only be used in special cases.
The process is simplest in every respect if the compounds having an ester structure, as defined above, are used Specific examples are above all butanediol diacetate and, very especially, methylglycol acetate and butyrolactone A selection of suitable extractants, together with their relevant physical data, is 15 given in the Examples.
The process can be carried out in columns of conventional construction, e g.
packed columns, perforated tray columns or bubble-tray columns The methanoldimethyl carbonate mixture (which is most cases is the azeotrope containing 70 %/O by weight of methanol and 30 %/O by weight of dimethyl carbonate) 20 is introduced, as a liquid or vapor, into the middle part of the column whilst the liquid extractant is introduced at the top and allowed to flow in countercurrent to the vapors The number of trays required for 95 % extraction varies with the nature of extractant but is in general from 10 to 70 It is true that a low number of plates is desirable but this is not an absolute criterion of the special suitability of the 25 extractant Inter alia, the above aspects of safety of operation must also be taken into consideration.
In general, from 0 5 to 50 kg of the extractant are used per kg of dimethyl carbonate The optimum amounts can be determined easily by a few preliminary experiments 30 The methanol which leaves at the top is recycled to the synthesis stage.
Accordingly, it does not matter if the methanol still contains up to about 20 % by weight of dimethyl carbonate The dimethyl carbonate and extractant form the bottom product which is then separated into its components by flash distillation.
In other respects, all techniques of conventional extractive distillation can be 35 used, so that further details relating thereto are superfluous.
As is known, dimethyl carbonate is an important intermediate for organic syntheses, inter alia for the manufacture of crop protection agents having a methylcarbamate structure.
EXAMPLES 40
Per hour, 2 kg of a mixture of 70 %/O by weight of methanol and 30 % by weight of dimethyl carbonate (azeotropic boiling point 63 5 C) were introduced into the middle of a packed column of 100 mm diameter, having 30 theoretical plates The temperature gradient in the column ranged from 64 C at the top to about 170 C at the bottom, and the reflux ratio was set to 1 5 Per hour, 10 kg of an extractant E 45 were passed through the column in counter-current to the vaporphase The yield of virtually methanol-free dimethyl carbonate, which had been freed from extractant by distillation, was p %.
The results of the experiments are summarized below.
Boiling Dipole 50 Ex point Dielectric moment, Yield p ample Extractant E ( C) constant ú (Debye) (%) I methylglycol acetate 145 8 75 2 13 98 2 chlorobenzene 132 5 6 1 5 98 3 butyrolactone 204 39 4 1 95 55 4 ethylene carbonate 238 90 4 9 95 benzonitrile 191 25 4 05 92 6 N,N-dimethylaniline 193 4 5 1 7 92 7 tetramethylenesulfone 287 43 4 8 89 8 acetophenone 202 17 3 81 60 9 cyclohexanone 156 18 3 80 1,593,704
Claims (1)
WHAT WE CLAIM IS:-
1 A process for obtaining pure dimethyl carbonate from its solution in methanol, which comprises subjecting the solution to extractive distillation in a column over a temperature range of from at least 60 C at the column top to not more than 250 C at the column bottom, employing, as the extractant, an aprotic 5 organic liquid which is substantially inert toward dimethyl carbonate, boils at above 100 C at standard pressure, is miscible with dimethyl carbonate in all proportions and has a dielectric constant E of from 4 to 90 and a dipole moment of from 1 5 to 5 Debye.
2 A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein a compound having one or more 10 ester structures (-CO O) in the molecule is used as the extractant.
3 A process as claimed in claim 2, wherein methylglycol acetate is used as the extractant.
4 A process as claimed in claim 2, wherein butyrolactone is used as the extractant 15 A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4, carried out in a column of from 10 to 70 trays.
6 A process for obtaining pure dimethyl carbonate carried out substantially as described in any of the foregoing Examples 1 to 9.
7 Pure dimethyl carbonate when obtained by a process as claimed in any of 20 claims I to 6.
J Y & G W JOHNSON, Furnival House, 14-18 High Holborn, London, WCIV 6 DE, Chartered Patent Agents, Agents for the Applicants.
Printed for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, by the Courier Press, Leamington Spa, 1981 Published by The Patent Office, 25 Southampton Buildings London, WC 2 A l AY from which copies may be obtained.
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