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US 10,889,654 B2Granted
Acylation process
AssigneeSOLVAY ACETOW GmbH
InventorsAndreas Hummel, Hans-Juergen Ehret
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Abstract
The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of an acylated polysaccharide which comprises. (a) reacting a polysaccharide with an acylating agent to produce an acylated polysaccharide and (b) washing the acylated polysaccharide with water containing from 0.05 to 15 mg/l Ca2+-ions (c) recovering the washed acylated polysaccharide and an aqueous phase containing carboxylic acid from step (b).
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A process for manufacturing an acylated polysaccharide and recovering a permeate containing carboxylic acid comprising:
- (a) reacting a polysaccharide with an acylating agent to produce an acylated polysaccharide,
- wherein the polysaccharide is cellulose, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, and sodium, potassium, calcium or ammonium salts of cellulose, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose or starch,
- wherein the acylation agent comprises
- at least one organic acidic compound selected from the group consisting of acetic anhydride and acetic acid, and
- a mineral acid comprising sulphuric acid;
- (b) quenching, precipitating and washing the acylated polysaccharide with water containing from 0.05 to 8 mg/l Ca2+-ions;
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- (c) recovering the washed acylated polysaccharide and a combined aqueous phase from the quenching, precipitating and washing containing carboxylic acid from step (b), wherein concentration of carboxylic acid in the combined aqueous phase is 5 to 40 wt. %,
- wherein the combined aqueous phase is treated by nanofiltration or reverse osmosis to recover a permeate containing carboxylic acid and wherein the process is carried out in the substantial absence of a surface active substance, wherein concentration of the surface-active substance in the combined aqueous phase is equal to or lower than 150 ppm, wherein there is an absence of lignosulfates, wherein all water used to wash the acylated polysaccharide contains from 0.05 to 8 mg/l Ca2+-ions;
- wherein the combined aqueous phase contains from 10 to 20000 mg/l SO42−-ions.
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A process for recovering acylated polysaccharide and recovering a permeate containing carboxylic acid, the process comprising:
- (a) reacting a polysaccharide with an acylating agent to produce an acylated polysaccharide, wherein the polysaccharide is cellulose, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, and sodium, potassium, calcium or ammonium salts of cellulose, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose or starch, wherein the acylation agent comprises at least one organic acidic compound selected from the group consisting of acetic anhydride and acetic acid, and a mineral acid comprising sulphuric acid;
- (b) quenching, precipitating and washing the acylated polysaccharide with water containing from 0.05 to 8 mg/l Ca2+-ions;
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- (c) recovering the washed acylated polysaccharide and a combined aqueous phase from the quenching, precipitating and washing containing carboxylic acid from step (b), wherein concentration of carboxylic acid in the combined aqueous phase is 5 to 40 wt. %;
- (d) treating the combined aqueous phase by nanofiltration or reverse osmosis to recover a permeate containing carboxylic acid to provide a purified aqueous phase containing carboxylic acid, wherein the process is carried out in the substantial absence of a surface active substance, wherein concentration of the surface-active substance in the combined aqueous phase is equal to or lower than 150 ppm, wherein there is an absence of lignosulfates;
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- (e) subjecting the purified aqueous phase to at least one further purification step,
- wherein all water used to wash the acylated polysaccharide contains from 0.05 to 8 mg/l Ca2+-ions;
- wherein the combined aqueous phase contains from 10 to 20000 mg/l SO42−-ions.
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A process for the acetylation of polysaccharides and recovering a permeate containing carboxylic acid, the process comprising:
- (a) reacting a polysaccharide with acetic anhydride to produce an acetylated polysaccharide, wherein the polysaccharide is cellulose, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, and sodium, potassium, calcium or ammonium salts of cellulose, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose or starch, wherein the acylation agent comprises at least one organic acidic compound selected from the group consisting of acetic anhydride and acetic acid, and a mineral acid comprising sulphuric acid;
- (b) quenching, precipitating and washing the acetylated polysaccharide with water containing from 0.05 to 8 mg/l Ca2+-ions;
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- (c) recovering the washed acetylated polysaccharide and a combined aqueous phase from the quenching, precipitating and washing containing carboxylic acid from step (b), wherein concentration of carboxylic acid in the combined aqueous phase is 5 to 40 wt. %;
- (d) treating the combined aqueous phase by nanofiltration or reverse osmosis to recover a permeate containing acetic acid to provide a purified aqueous phase containing acetic acid, wherein the process is carried out in the substantial absence of a surface active substance, wherein concentration of the surface-active substance in the combined aqueous phase is equal to or lower than 150 ppm, wherein there is an absence of lignosulfates;
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- (e) subjecting the purified aqueous phase to at least one further purification step
- (f) converting the acetic acid obtained in step (e) into acetic anhydride;
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- (g) reacting a polysaccharide with the acetic anhydride obtained in step (f),
- wherein all water used to wash the acylated polysaccharide contains from 0.05 to 8 mg/l Ca2+-ions;
- wherein the combined aqueous phase contains from 10 to 20000 mg/l SO42−-ions.
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A process for manufacturing an acylated polysaccharide and recovering a permeate containing carboxylic acid comprising:
- (a) reacting a polysaccharide with an acylating agent to produce an acylated polysaccharide;
- (b) quenching, precipitating and washing the acylated polysaccharide with water containing from 0.05 to 8 mg/l Ca2+-ions;
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- (c) quenching, precipitating and recovering the washed acylated polysaccharide and a combined aqueous phase from the quenching, precipitating and washing containing carboxylic acid from step (b);
- wherein the polysaccharide (PS) has formula PS(OH)3-x and reacts with the acylation agent to form the acylated polysaccharide of formula PS(OH)3-x(OCOR)x, wherein x denotes the degree of substitution of the hydroxyl groups in the polysaccharide and is from 0.5 to 3;
- wherein the acylation agent comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid anhydrides of formula (RCO)2O, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid halides, and carbonylimidazoles, and the acylation agent comprises mineral acid comprising sulfuric acid;
- wherein R of the acylation agent and the acylated polysaccharide is an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical containing 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an araliphatic radical containing 7 to 12 carbon atoms, an aromatic radical containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms;
- wherein R may be optionally substituted by one or more of halogens, NO2, phenyl, COOR1, OR1 or an aromatic radical containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms substituted by a C1-6 aliphatic group, wherein R1 is a C1-C4 alkyl radical optionally substituted by one or more halogens;
- wherein the process is carried out in the substantial absence of a surface active substance,
- wherein the combined aqueous phase is treated by nanofiltration or reverse osmosis to recover a permeate containing carboxylic acid and wherein the process is carried out in the substantial absence of a surface active substance, wherein concentration of the surface-active substance in the combined aqueous phase is equal to or lower than 150 ppm, wherein there is an absence of lignosulfates;
- wherein all water used to wash the acylated polysaccharide contains from 0.05 to 8 mg/l Ca2+-ions;
- wherein the combined aqueous phase contains from 10 to 20000 mg/l SO42−-ions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.