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Processes for making cyclohexane compounds

a technology of cyclohexane and process steps, which is applied in the preparation of organic compounds, carboxylic preparations by ozone oxidation, and organic chemistry. it can solve problems such as additional process steps, and achieve favorable results

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-08-11
EASTMAN CHEM CO
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The patent text describes a process for making certain compounds using tertiary cyclic amide solvents as solvents in hydrogenation reactions. These reactions show better results using these solvents compared to other solvents. The invention also provides methods for making hydroxymethylcyclohexane compounds using these solvents. The use of ruthenium or rhodium compounds on a solid support as aryl hydrogenation catalysts is also described. The technical effects of this patent text include improved results and efficiency in hydrogenation reactions using tertiary cyclic amide solvents as solvents.

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Many such processes suffer the drawback that they use compounds that are poor solvents for TPA.
Such processes, however, involve an additional process step as well as issues associated with conversion back to acids and removal and management of inorganic salts and acids in the process.

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[0069]Hydrogenation of benzenecarboxylic Acids to cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids

[0070]Except as otherwise stated in the individual examples, the following procedures were used for hydrogenation of benzenecarboxylic acids to cyclohexanecarboxylic acids. A 100 ml autoclave configured in a high pressure AUTO-MATE System Model 4590 (H.E.L. Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.) with a drop-in catalyst basket (volume 7 ml) was used. The catalyst was placed in the basket in an amount equal to the lesser of 2.0 grams or the amount that would fit in the basket. The autoclave was then pressurized to 1500 psig with nitrogen. Nitrogen was slowly vented then the feed manifold to the reactor was then purged twice with by passing hydrogen gas through at atmospheric temperature. To activate the catalyst, the reactor was then purged three times by pressurizing with hydrogen to 150 psig, then venting to ambient pressure each time. Agitation at 450 rpm commenced and the reactor was heated to 150° C. Hydrogen was th...

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TPA hydrogenation to CHDA in NMP / water as a Solvent

[0077]The catalyst used was 1% Ru loaded on 1 / 4″ carbon granules (1% Ru / C, Lot # SE09051, BASF Corporation, Iselin, N.J.). The solvent in Example 1 was a mixture of 50 parts NMP and 16 parts deionized water. The solvent in Example 2 was NMP. The filtered resultant solution was analyzed by the GC method described above to quantify TPA, CHDA and other byproducts. Results are presented in Table 1 below.

TABLE 1TPA hydrogenation to CHDA in the presence ofNMP as a solvent.TPACHDAMassExampleConversion %Selectivity %Balance %186718624596.593

[0078]The results shown in Table 1 suggest that NMP is a suitable solvent for highly selective production of CHDA from TPA. In the presence of water, although the conversion increases, the selectivity drops from 96% to 71%, the conversion increases from 45% to 86%. GC-MS was conducted for Example 2. The GC wt. % accountability for Example 2 was 101.4% and the cis / trans ratio of product CHDA was 4.4.

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TPA hydrogenation to CHDA in NEP as a Solvent.

[0081]Example 2 was repeated but instead of N-methyl 2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as a solvent, N-ethyl 2-pyrrolidone (NEP) was used as a solvent. The GC wt. % accountability for Example 4 was 91.3% and the cis / trans ratio of product CHDA was 4.6.

TABLE 3TPA hydrogenation to CHDA in the presence of NEP as a solvent.TPACHDAMassExampleSolventConversion %Selectivity %Balance %3NEP71.682.395

[0082]As can be seen from the result in Table 3, NEP is a suitable solvent for TPA hydrogenation to CHDA much like NMP.

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Abstract

This invention relates to hydrogenation processes for making cyclohexane compounds. More specifically, this invention relates to hydrogenation processes in the presence of tertiary amide solvent compounds, as well as compositions that can result from such processes. The invention thus provides processes for making cyclohexanecarboxylic acid compounds and processes for making hydroxymethylcyclohexane compounds.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 143,936, filed on Dec. 30, 2013, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to hydrogenation processes for making cyclohexane compounds. More specifically, this invention relates to hydrogenation processes in the presence of tertiary amide solvent compounds, as well as compositions that can result from such processes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid compounds and hydroxymethylcyclohexane compounds are important commercial chemicals. For example, diacids such as 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid (CHDA) and 1,3-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid and diols such as 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM) are useful monomers in formation of a wide variety of polymers and intermediates in a variety of additional reactions. 1,4-CHDA production can act as an intermediate for the sy...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C07C51/36
CPCC07C51/36C07C2101/14C07C61/09C07C61/08C07C2601/14
Inventor HEMBRE, ROBERT THOMASBOPPANA, VENKATA BHARAT RAMBARNICKI, SCOTT DONALD
Owner EASTMAN CHEM CO
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