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AssigneeHoechst Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHeinz Erpenbach, Klaus Gehrmann, Winfried Lork, Peter Prinz
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In this process for recovering noble metals of group VIII from a contaminated catalyst solution originating from the carbonylation of methyl acetate and/or dimethylether (the catalyst solution containing carbonyl complexes of these noble metals, organic or inorganic promoters, undistillable organic contaminants as well as volatiles) the volatiles are distillatively removed from the catalyst solution and the remaining distillation residue is water-treated, whereby the noble metal/carbonyl-complex is precipitated together with the organic contaminants and is separated from the aqueous phase, while the promotor is dissolved and recovered in conventional manner. The noble metals are then set free in elemental form by subjecting the noble metal/carbonyl-complex separated and contaminated with organic polymers at temperatures of 150.degree. to 300.degree. C. to treatment with an ethyleneglycoldialkylether solvent of the formula R(--OCH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2).sub.n --OR, in which n stands for a number of from 1 to 4 and R stands for identical or different alkyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. The noble metal can then be recovered by filtration, and the solvent can be freed of organic contaminants by distillation.
In the process for recovering noble metals belonging to group VIII of the Periodic System of the elements from a contaminated catalyst solution originating from the carbonylation of methyl acetate, dimethylether or a mixture thereof, the catalyst solution containing carbonyl complexes of these noble metals, at least one substance selected from the group consisting of organic compounds of the nitrogen group and salts of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, chromium, iron, cobalt or nickel as promoters, and undistillable organic contaminants as well as acetic acid, acetic anhydride and ethylidene diacetate, wherein the volatile constituents are distillatively removed from the catalyst solution and the remaining distillation residue is water-treated whereby the noble metal/carbonyl-complex is precipitated together with the organic contaminants and is separated from the aqueous phase, whilst the promoter is dissolved and recovered, the improvement which comprises:
A process for recovering a noble metal belonging to group VIII of the Periodic System of the elements from a contaminated catalyst solution originating from the carbonylation of methyl acetate, dimethylether or a mixture thereof, the contaminated catalyst solution containing a carbonyl complex of the noble metal, at least one organo-phosphorus or organo-nitrogen or inorganic salt promoter, and undistillable organic contaminants as well as acetic acid, acetic anhydride and ethylidene diacetate, wherein volatile constituents of the contaminated catalyst solution are distillatively removed therefrom said process comprising:
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