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Process for producing a higher carbonyl compound
Assignee: Kuraray Co Ltd
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Filing: 1979-08-31
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Granted: 1981-06-02
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Expires: 1999-08-31
Abstract
Abstract An industrially suitable process for producing a higher carbonyl compound by the oxidation of an olefinic compound having at least six carbon atoms is provided. Said improved process comprises oxidizing the olefinic compound in aqueous medium containing palladium or salt thereof and a copper salt in the presence of a specific water-soluble polyoxyalkylene compound in an amount of from about 1/4 to about 3 parts by weight per 1 part by weight of water contained in the reaction mixture. The improvement is demonstrated in terms of yield, selectivity, separation of the product, and recycle of the catalyst.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuo Tokitoh
- 👤 Noriaki Yoshimura
- 👤 Masuhiko Tamura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 03:15
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C45/00; C07C45/78; C07C45/80; C07C29/00; C07C29/132; C07C29/136; C07C29/14; C07C29/141; C07C45/27; C07C45/30; C07C45/32; C07C45/33; C07C45/34; C07C45/81; C07C45/82; C07C45/83; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P20/00; Y02P20/50; Y02P20/584
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
A process for producing a carbonyl compound which comprises: oxidizing under aqueous Wacker oxidation conditions a monoolefinic hydrocarbon or a non-conjugated diolefinic hydrocarbon having 6 to 25 carbon atoms in an aqueous medium containing palladium or a salt thereof as a catalyst and a copper salt as a redox promoter in the presence of a water-soluble polyoxyalkylene compound of the formula ##STR3## wherein each of R 1 and R 2 represents either a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; m is an integer greater than zero and n is zero or an integer greater than zero, such that m+n≧4 and m>3 n, said polyoxyalkylene compound being used in a proportion of about 1/4 to about 3 parts by weight per one part by weight of water in the reaction system; and recovering a carbonyl compound corresponding in number of carbon atoms to the starting olefinic hydrocarbon.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
152 words
A process for producing a carbonyl compound which comprises: oxidizing under aqueous Wacker oxidation conditions a monoolefinic hydrocarbon or a non-conjugated diolefinic hydrocarbon having 6 to 25 carbon atoms in an aqueous medium containing palladium or a salt thereof as a catalyst and a copper salt as a redox promoter in the presence of a water-soluble polyoxyalkylene compound of the formula ##STR3## wherein each of R 1 and R 2 represents either a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; m is an integer greater than zero and n is zero or an integer greater than zero, such that m+n≧4 and m>3 n, said polyoxyalkylene compound being used in a proportion of about 1/4 to about 3 parts by weight per one part by weight of water in the reaction system; and recovering a carbonyl compound corresponding in number of carbon atoms to the starting olefinic hydrocarbon.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
Process according to claim 1, in which the oxidation is carried out at a temperature from room temperature to about 150° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
Process according to claim 2, in which R 1 and R 2 of the polyoxyalkylene compound in the formula (I) are each selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and an alkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 1, in which n is zero and m is 6 to 75 in the formula (I).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
58 words
Process according to claim 1, in which the palladium or salt thereof is selected from the group consisting of metallic palladium, palladium chloride, palladium bromide, palladium nitrate, palladium acetate, palladium bromide, palladium nitrate, palladium acetate, palladium-lithium chloride, and palladium-sodium chloride, and is used in an amount of 0.001 to 0.5 mol per 1 l of the reaction system.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
Process according to claim 1, in which the copper salt is selected from the group consisting of cuprous chloride, cuprous bromide, cuprous oxide, cupric chloride, cupric bromide, cupric acetate, cupric nitrate and cupric oxide, and is used in an amount of 1 to 50 in terms of atomic ratio of copper to palladium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
Process according to claim 1, in which the oxidation is carried out in an atmosphere of oxygen-containing gas.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
57 words
Process according to claim 1, in which the oxidation is carried out in the substantial absence of oxygen-containing gas, and the aqueous layer containing the catalyst component separated from the reaction mixture is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas thereby reoxidizing the catalyst, and then the said aqueous layer is recycled to the oxidation of the olefinic hydrocarbon.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
Process according to claim 1, in which the recovery of the carbonyl compound is achieved by steam distillation of the reaction mixture.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
Process according to claim 1, in which the recovery of the carbonyl compound is achieved by solvent-extraction of the reaction mixture.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
73 words
Process according to claim 1, in which styrene is oxidized in the substantial absence of oxygen-containing gas in an aqueous medium containing palladium or salt thereof and a cupric salt in the presence of a polyoxyethylene compound of formula (I) wherein R 1 and R 2 are each a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, n is zero and m is 6 to 75, thereby forming phenylacetaldehyde.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
Process according to claim 11, in which the phenylacetaldehyde formed is recovered from the reaction mixture by solvent-extraction and the aqueous residual layer is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas thereby reoxidizing the catalyst component and then recycled to the oxidation reaction.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
Process according to claim 12, in which the phenylacetaldehyde formed is hydrogenated to prepare β-phenethyl alcohol.
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