# US 2014/0194644 A1 · N-Substituted Carbamic Acid Ester Production Method, Isocyanate Production Method Using Such N-Substituted Carbamic Acid Ester, and Composition for Transfer and Storage of N-Substituted Carbamic Acid Ester Comprising N-Substituted Carbamic Acid Ester and Aromatic Hydroxy Compound > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0194644 A1 - Document ID: US20140194644A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/151,213 - Filed: 2014-01-09 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2009-08-21 - Assignees: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation - Applicants: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation - Inventors: Masaaki Shinohata; Nobuhisa Miyake - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194644A1 ## CPC - C07C 275/40: being further substituted by nitrogen atoms not being part of nitro or nitroso groups - C07C 263/04: from or via carbamates or carbamoyl halides - C07C 269/00: Preparation of derivatives of carbamic acid, i.e. compounds containing any of the groups [IMAGE cpc-sch-C07C-0964.gif], the nitrogen atom not being part of nitro or nitroso groups - C07C 269/04: from amines with formation of carbamate groups - C07C 271/54: to carbon atoms of hydrocarbon radicals substituted by carboxyl groups - C07C 271/56: with the nitrogen atom of at least one of the carbamate groups bound to a carbon atom of a ring other than a six-membered aromatic ring - C07C 271/58: with the nitrogen atom of at least one of the carbamate groups bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring - C07C 2601/14: The ring being saturated - C07C: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS ## Abstract The present invention is a method for producing an N-substituted carbamic acid ester derived from an organic amine from an organic amine, a carbonic acid derivative and a hydroxy composition containing one or more types of hydroxy compounds, wherein the organic amine, the carbonic acid derivative and the hydroxy composition are reacted using a urethane production reaction vessel provided with a condenser, a gas containing the hydroxy composition, the compound having the carbonyl group derived from the carbonic acid derivative, and an ammonia formed as a by-product in the reaction, is introduced into the condenser provided in the urethane production reaction vessel, and the hydroxy composition and the compound having the carbonyl group derived from the carbonic acid derivative are condensed, and wherein a stoichiometric ratio of a hydroxy compound contained in the condensed hydroxy composition to the condensed compound having the carbonyl group derived from the carbonic acid derivative is 1 or more, and a ratio of number of carbonyl groups (—C(═O)—) contained in the compound having the carbonyl group derived from the carbonic acid derivative and number of ammonia molecules contained in the ammonia recovered as a gas from the condenser is 1 or less. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -26. (canceled) ### Claim 27 A composition for transfer and storage of an N-substituted carbamic acid-O—Ar ester comprising an N-substituted carbamic acid-O—Ar ester represented by the following formula (6), and an aromatic hydroxy composition comprising one or more types of aromatic hydroxy compounds, wherein a ratio of number of molecules of the aromatic hydroxy compound comprising the aromatic hydroxy composition (B) to number of ester groups that compose the N-substituted carbamic acid-O—Ar ester (A) is within a range of from 1 to 100: wherein R1 represents an organic group which has 1 to 85 carbon atoms and which is substituted with an amino groups, Ar represents a residue in which a single hydroxy group bonded to an aromatic ring of an aromatic hydroxy compound has been removed from the aromatic hydroxy compound, where the aromatic hydroxy compound may be the same or different from the aromatic hydroxy compound that composes the aromatic hydroxy composition, and d represents an integer of from 1 to 10. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The composition according to claim 27, wherein the N-substituted carbamic acid-O—Ar ester is prepared from the organic amine, the carbonic acid derivative and the aromatic hydroxy composition, and the composition comprises at least one type of compound that is urea and/or a carbamic acid ester and/or biuret and/or a compound that comprises a terminal biuret group, (—NH—(C═O)—NH—(C═O)—NH2), is derived from an organic amine and is formed in a reaction of the organic amine, the carbonic acid derivative and the aromatic hydroxy composition. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The composition according to claim 27, comprising a carbonic acid ester derived from the aromatic hydroxy composition. ### Claim at position 5 -34. (canceled) ### Claim 35 (depends on 27) The composition according to claim 27, wherein the aromatic hydroxy compound that composes comprises the aromatic hydroxy composition is a monovalent to trivalent aromatic hydroxy compound. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The composition according to claim 35, wherein the aromatic hydroxy compound that comprises the aromatic hydroxy composition is an aromatic hydroxy compound represented by the following formula (7): wherein ring A represents an optionally substituted single or multiple aromatic hydrocarbon ring, R3 and R4 respectively and independently represent a hydrogen atom or organic group, from 6 to 50 carbon atoms comprise the aromatic hydroxy compound, and R3 and R4 may form a ring structure by bonding with A. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The composition according to claim 36, wherein at least one of the aromatic hydroxy compounds that comprise the aromatic hydroxy composition is an aromatic hydroxy compound represented by the following formula (8): wherein ring A represents an optionally substituted single or multiple aromatic hydrocarbon ring, from 6 to 50 carbon atoms comprise the aromatic hydroxy compound, and R5 and R6 may form a ring structure by bonding with A, wherein R5 and R6 respectively and independently represent any group defined in (i) to (v) below: (i) a hydrogen atom, (ii) a halogen atom, (iii) a group in which the atom at the α position is a nitrogen atom and the number of carbon atoms is from 1 to 44, and which does not contain active hydrogen (excluding the hydrogen bonded to the α position nitrogen atom), the nitrogen atom being a secondary nitrogen atom, (iv) a group in which the atom at the α position is a carbon atom and number of carbon atoms is from 1 to 44, and which does not contain active hydrogen, the carbon atom being a primary or secondary carbon atom, provided that in the case the R5 and/or R6 form a saturated and/or unsaturated condensed ring structure with the aromatic ring A, and the condensed ring has 6 members or less, the carbon atom at the α position may be a tertiary or quaternary carbon atom, and in the case the α position carbon forms a double bond or triple bond with a β position atom (atom that forms the R5 and R6 and that is also adjacent to an atom bonded to the aromatic ring of ring A) as well, the α position carbon atom may be a tertiary or quaternary carbon atom, and (v) a group in which the atom at the α position is an oxygen atom and the number of carbons is from 1 to 44, and which does not contain active hydrogen. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The composition according to claim 37, wherein the aromatic hydroxy composition contains an aromatic hydroxy compound represented by the formula (8) together with an aromatic hydroxy compound represented by the following formula (9): wherein ring A represents an optionally substituted single or multiple aromatic hydrocarbon ring, from 6 to 50 comprise the aromatic hydroxy compound, and R7 and R8 may form a ring structure by bonding with A, wherein R7 and R8 respectively and independently represent any group defined in (i) to (v) below: (i) a hydrogen atom, (ii) a halogen atom, (iii) a group in which the atom at the α position is a nitrogen atom and the number of carbon atoms is from 1 to 44, and which does not contain active hydrogen, the nitrogen atom being a tertiary nitrogen atom, (iv) a group in which the atom at the α position is a carbon atom and the number of carbon atoms is from 1 to 44, and which does not contain active hydrogen, the carbon atom at the α position being a tertiary or quaternary carbon atom; in the case R7 and/or R8 form a saturated and/or unsaturated condensed ring structure with the ring A, and the condensed ring has 7 members or more, the carbon atom at the α position may be a primary or secondary carbon atom; in the case the α position carbon forms a double bond with a β position atom, the α position carbon is quaternary carbon; and groups in which the α position carbon forms a triple bond with a β position atom are excluded, and (v) a group in which the atom at the α position is an oxygen atom and the number of carbons is from 1 to 24, and which does not contain active hydrogen. ### Claim 39 (depends on 27) The composition according to claim 27, wherein a standard boiling point of the aromatic hydroxy compound represented by the formula (7), the formula (8) or the formula (9) differs by 10° C. or more from the standard boiling point of an isocyanate in which all amino groups of the organic amine are substituted with isocyanate groups (—NCO groups). ### Claim at position 11 -47. (canceled) ### Claim 48 (depends on 37) The composition according to claim 37, wherein a standard boiling point of the aromatic hydroxy compound represented by the formula (7), the formula (8) or the formula (9) differs by 10° C. or more from the standard boiling point of an isocyanate in which all amino groups of the organic amine are substituted with isocyanate groups (—NCO groups). ### Claim 49 (depends on 38) The composition according to claim 38, wherein a standard boiling point of the aromatic hydroxy compound represented by the formula (7), the formula (8) or the formula (9) differs by 10° C. or more from the standard boiling point of an isocyanate in which all amino groups of the organic amine are substituted with isocyanate groups (—NCO groups).