Process for preparing 2,3,5-trimethylbenzoquinone by oxidation of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol
A technology for trimethylbenzoquinone and trimethylphenol, which is applied in the field of preparing 2,3,5-trimethylbenzoquinone by oxidation of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol, can solve high capital cost and Production costs, alkaline washing is not particularly effective, etc.
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[0052] A 4 L steel reactor was charged with 657 g of an aqueous reaction medium consisting of 151 g of CuCl 2 2H 2 O, 150g of LiCl and 365g of water. With stirring, the two-phase mixture is brought to the desired starting temperature T D , passing an oxygen-containing gas through it at atmospheric pressure. When reaching temperature T D , at a constant rate over time t D 500 g of a 60% strength by weight solution of 2,3,5-trimethylphenol (4) in alcohol used as solvent were fed in. To complete the reaction, at temperature T R Continue stirring time interval t R .
[0053] After the reaction was complete and after cooling to room temperature, the phases were separated and weighed individually, and the organic phase was analyzed. Conversion of (4) was complete (>99.9%) in all cases. There was little variation in the quinone (1 ) yield, which was in the range of 90-95% in all experiments. The results are described in Table 1.
[0054] As shown by the comparison of the e...
Embodiment 11
[0057] The reaction effluent from Example I7 (reaction in 3-heptanol) was first washed with water. When the phases were separated, they were extracted by shaking with aqueous HCl (25% by weight) and washed again with water. Sodium hydroxide solution (2% by weight) was added to bring the solution to a pH of 6, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to such an extent that a solution of trimethylbenzoquinone (1) with a concentration of about 75% by weight was obtained.
[0058] To determine the thermal stability of the crude product, it was heated to 110° C. and the amount of (1) was determined periodically by gas chromatography. After 125 hours, only 8% of (1) initially present underwent decomposition.
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