The invention discloses a high-yield 2-
nitropropane preparation process, and belongs to the technical field of
organic synthesis and industrial
catalysis. According to the method, 1-
nitropropane is used as a
raw material and is subjected to a gas-phase catalytic
isomerization reaction through a
fixed bed reactor filled with a Pt-CeO2 / ZSM-5
solid isomerization catalyst in the presence of
diluent gas. The reaction is continuously carried out at a specific
temperature and pressure, the generated
effluent is subjected to cooling and gas-liquid separation, the
liquid phase enters a rectification
system to be separated to obtain a high-purity 2-
nitropropane product, and the unreacted 1-nitropropane and
diluent gas can be recycled. According to the present invention, the process has advantages of high
atom economy, low
raw material cost, easy catalyst separation, good stability, high reaction selectivity, compact process flow and extremely low
wastewater generation amount, and the efficient, green and continuous 2-nitropropane production is achieved.