Preparation method of linalyl acetate

Abstract

The invention discloses a process for preparing linalyl acetate from linalool and acetic anhydride as raw material through esterification reaction at the presence of catalyst, the raw material mol ratio of linalool / acetic anhydride is 1 / 1-4, the reaction temperature is 5-45 deg. C, the reaction pressure is atmospheric pressure, the reaction time is 10-150 min, the catalyst is p-toluene sulfonic acid, the consumption of catalyst is 0.05-0.25 wt% of the total amount of the reactants. Compared with the prior art, the advantage of the invention is high catalyst activity.

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Technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for preparing linalyl acetate through esterification reaction using linalool and acetic anhydride as raw materials. Background technique [0002] Linalyl acetate is a valuable spice that is widely used in the spice and food flavor industries. Linalool can be reacted with a suitable acylating agent such as acetyl chloride, ketene, acetic acid or acetic anhydride to obtain linalyl acetate. Since the raw material for preparing linalool comes from the carbon 5 fraction of the by-product of petroleum cracking to produce ethylene, and ethanol Acid anhydride has strong acylating ability and is relatively cheap. Therefore, the preparation of linalyl acetate from the reaction of linalool and acetic anhydride is the most economically advantageous artificial synthesis method of linalyl acetate. [0003] In the prior art, the esterification reaction of linalool and acetic anhydride uses acidic or alkaline catalysts, such as H 3 ...

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Problems solved by technology

Because linalool is an allyl tertiary alcohol, it is unstable in the presence of protonic acid, and isomerization, cyclization and elimination reactions easily occur, generating a large amount of by-products, resulting in a very low yield of linalyl acetate, generally only Can reach 40%

Relatively speaking, the yield of linalyl acetate is higher by using a basic catalyst such as dimethylaminopyridine, but this basic catalyst is dissolved in the reaction solution, and it is difficult to separate and recover from the product, which not only increases the yield of linalyl acetate. Production costs, but also affect the quality of the product

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