Process for the preparation of cyclohexanedimethanol
AssigneeSK NJC Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Itoh, Yasuhisa Yoshida, Taiichiro Iwamura, Mikio Nakazawa
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Abstract
This invention provides a process for preparing cyclohexanedimethanol comprising hydrogenating a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester by a fixed-bed continuous reaction in the presence of a preformed copper-containing catalyst under the conditions of reaction temperature of 200 to 280° C., hydrogen pressure of 185 to 300 kgf/cm2 and hydrogen gas feed rate of 1 to 40 cm/s in terms of superficial linear velocity, the cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester being prepared, typically, by ring hydrogenating of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester in the presence of a preformed supported ruthenium catalyst by a fixed-bed continuous reaction.
Claims12
A process for preparing cyclohexanedimethanol represented by the formula (1):
- the process comprising the steps of
- (a) ring hydrogenating aromatic dicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester represented by the formula (3)
- (wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms), in the presence of a preformed supported ruthenium catalyst by a fixed-bed continuous reaction to give a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester represented by the formula (2):
- (wherein R is as defined above), and
- (b) hydrogenating the cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester obtained in the step (a) and represented by the formula (2) by a fixed-bed continuous reaction in the presence of a preformed copper-containing catalyst under the conditions of reaction temperature of 225 to 280° C., hydrogen pressure of 200 to 250 kgf/cm2 and hydrogen gas feed rate of 2 to 20 cm/s in terms of superficial linear velocity and the feed rate of the cyclohezanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester per hour per unit volume of the catalyst bed in the reactor of 0.2 to 2.0/h., wherein both of step (a) and step (b) are of a single column type reactor.
The process for preparing cyclohexanedimethanol represented by the formula (1):
- the process comprising the steps of
- (a) continuously feeding the aromatic dicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester and hydrogen to the top of a multitubular pressure-resistant reactor packed with the preformed supported ruthenium catalyst to effect hydrogenation under a gas-liquid mixed phase condition, and removing excess hydrogen and the corresponding cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester from the bottom of said reactor, wherein each tube of the multitubular reactor has an inner diameter of 2.5 to 10 cm and a length of 3 to 15 m, and
- (b) continuously feeding the cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester obtained in step (a) above and hydrogen to the top of a multitubular pressure-resistant reactor packed with the preformed copper-containing catalyst to effect hydrogenation under a gas-liquid mixed phase condition, wherein reaction temperature is 200 to 280° C., hydrogen pressure is 185 to 300 kgf/cm2 and hydrogen gas feed rate is 5 to 30 cm/s in terms of superficial linear velocity, and removing excess hydrogen and the resulting cyclohexanedimethanol from the bottom of said reactor, wherein each tube of the multitubular reactor has an inner diameter of 2.5 to 10 cm and a length of 3 to 5 m, wherein the number of tubes is 10 to 2000 in both of step (a) and step (b).
The process for preparing cyclohexandimethanol represented by the formula (1):
- the process comprising the steps of
- (a) ring hydrogenating aromatic dicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester represented by the formula (3)
- (wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms) in the presence of a preformed supported ruthenium catalyst by a fixed-bed continuous reaction to give a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester represented by the formula (2):
- (wherein R is as defined above), and
- (b) hydrogenating the cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester obtained in the step (a) and represented by the formula (2) by a fixed-bed continuous reaction in the presence of preformed copper-chromite catalyst under the conditions of reaction temperature of 200 to 280° C., hydrogen pressure of 185 to 300 kgf/cm2 and hydrogen gas feed rate of 5 to 30 cm/s in terms of superficial linear velocity, wherein in step (b), hydrogen, the cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester and an aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and an aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms are continuously fed to the top of a reactor packed with the preformed copper-containing catalyst in an amount of 10 to 80% by weight based on the cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester to carry out hydrogenation under a gas-liquid mixed phase condition, and excess hydrogen, the reaction product and the aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms are removed from the bottom of the reactor.
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