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Preparation of water-soluble mixed cellulose ethers
Assignee: Clariant Produkte Deutschland GmbH
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Filing: 1985-05-10
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Granted: 1987-03-17
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Expires: 2005-05-10
Abstract
Abstract The process for preparing water-soluble mixed cellulose ethers proceeds in the following steps: (a) alkalization of the cellulose, (b) etherification of the alkali cellulose in the presence of a base, using at least one etherifying agent which requires, for the reaction with cellulose, a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base, and (c) after increasing the quantity of base, further etherification of the cellulose ether so prepared, using at least one etherifying agent which requires, for the reaction with cellulose, an at least stoichiometric quantity of a base or a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base, increased over the quantity used in (a), with at least one inert organic solvent being used as a dispersing auxiliary in at least one of the steps and water being present in all steps. The organic solvent used is dimethyl ether, which either is used alone or in a mixture with dimethoxyethane, an alkanol, an alkanediol and/or an alkoxyalkanol. The process serves, in particular, for the preparation of methyl-hydroxyethyl cellulose or methyl-hydroxypropyl cellulose.
Inventors
- 👤 Utz-Hellmuth Felcht
- 👤 Gerhard Buchberger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 10:04
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08B; C08B11/00; C08B11/193
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A process for preparing a water-soluble mixed cellulose ether, comprising the following steps: (a) alkalization of cellulose to obtain alkali cellulose, (b) etherification of the alkali cellulose in the presence of a base to obtain cellulose ether, using at least one etherifying agent which, for reaction with cellulose, requires a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base, and (c) after increasing the quantity of base, further etherification of the cellulose ether so prepared, using at least one etherifying agent which, for reaction with cellulose, requires an at least stoichiometric quantity of a base or a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base, which is increased over the quantity used in step (a), wherein each step is effected in a reaction medium comprising water, and the reaction medium for at least one of the steps comprises at least one inert organic solvent as a dispersing auxiliary, the organic solvent being dimethyl ether alone or dimethyl ether in admixture with dimethoxyethane, an alkanol, an alkanediol and/or an alkoxyalkanol.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
A process for preparing a water-soluble mixed cellulose ether, comprising the following steps: (a) alkalization of cellulose to obtain alkali cellulose, (b) etherification of the alkali cellulose in the presence of a base to obtain cellulose ether, using at least one etherifying agent which, for reaction with cellulose, requires a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base, and (c) after increasing the quantity of base, further etherification of the cellulose ether so prepared, using at least one etherifying agent which, for reaction with cellulose, requires an at least stoichiometric quantity of a base or a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base, which is increased over the quantity used in step (a), wherein each step is effected in a reaction medium comprising water, and the reaction medium for at least one of the steps comprises at least one inert organic solvent as a dispersing auxiliary, the organic solvent being dimethyl ether alone or dimethyl ether in admixture with dimethoxyethane, an alkanol, an alkanediol and/or an alkoxyalkanol.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the etherifying agent which requires a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base is a compound of the general formula ##STR2## in which each of R 2 and R 3 independently denotes hydrogen or an alkyl radical (from C 1 to C 13 ).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
117 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the etherifying agent which requires an at least stoichiometric quantity of a base is a compound of the general formula Hal--R.sup.1, in which R 1 denotes an alkyl radical (from C 1 to C 15 ), an aralkyl radical (from C 7 to C 15 ), a carboxyalkyl radical (from C 1 to C 3 ), a sulfonoalkyl radical (from C 1 to C 3 ), a phosphonoalkyl radical (from C 1 to C 3 ), a hydroxyalkyl radical (from C 1 to C 6 ) or an N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl radical in which each alkyl group is from C 1 to C 3 ; and Hal denotes chlorine or bromine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
117 words
A process as claimed in claim 2, wherein the etherifying agent which requires an at least stoichiometric quantity of a base is a compound of the general formula Hal--R.sup.1, in which R 1 denotes an alkyl radical (from C 1 to C 15 ), an aralkyl radical (from C 7 to C 15 ), a carboxyalkyl radical (from C 1 to C 3 ), a sulfonoalkyl radical (from C 1 to C 3 ), a phosphonoalkyl radical (from C 1 to C 3 ), a hydroxyalkyl radical (from C 1 to C 6 ) or an N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl radical in which each alkyl group is from C 1 to C 3 ; and Hal denotes chlorine or bromine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein an alkanol (from C 1 to C 5 ), an alkanediol (from C 2 to C 3 ) and/or an alkoxy(C 1 to C 4 )alkan(C 2 or C 3 )ol is used apart from dimethyl ether.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
A process as claimed in claim 2, wherein an alkanol (from C 1 to C 5 ), an alkanediol (from C 2 to C 3 ) and/or an alkoxy(C 1 to C 4 )alkan(C 2 or C 3 )ol is used apart from dimethyl ether.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
A process as claimed in claim 3, wherein an alkanol (from C 1 to C 5 ), an alkanediol (from C 2 to C 3 ) and/or an alkoxy(C 1 to C 4 )alkan(C 2 or C 3 )ol is used apart from dimethyl ether.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
A process as claimed in claim 4, wherein an alkanol (from C 1 to C 5 ), an alkanediol (from C 2 to C 3 ) and/or an alkoxy(C 1 to C 4 )alkan(C 2 or C 3 )ol is used apart from dimethyl ether.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process as claimed in claim 2, wherein the etherifying agent comprises ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process as claimed in claim 3, wherein the etherifying agent comprises methyl chloride or monochloroacetic acid or one of its salts or hydrolyzable derivatives.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 10, wherein the dimethyl ether is present in both etherification steps (b) and (c) and optionally also in the alkalization step (a).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
60 words
A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 10, wherein the dimethyl ether is present in etherification step (b) and optionally also in the alkalization step (a) and is, together with the other components which have boiling points below the boiling point of water, removed from the reaction medium by distillation before the beginning of etherification step (c).
Claim 14
Independent Claim
147 words
A method of improving the quality of a mixed cellulose ether prepared by the following steps: (a) alkalization of cellulose to obtain alkali cellulose, (b) etherification of the alkali cellulose in the presence of a base to obtain cellulose ether, using at least one etherifying agent which, for reaction with cellulose, requires a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base, and (c) after increasing the quantity of base, further etherification of the cellulose ether so prepared, using at least one etherifying agent which, for reaction with cellulose, requires an at least stoichiometric quantity of a base or a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base, which is increased over the quantity used in step (a) wherein each step is effected in a water-containing reaction mixture, which method comprises incorporating sufficient dimethyl ether in the reaction medium for at least one step to serve as a dispersing auxiliary.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
147 words
A method of improving the quality of a mixed cellulose ether prepared by the following steps: (a) alkalization of cellulose to obtain alkali cellulose, (b) etherification of the alkali cellulose in the presence of a base to obtain cellulose ether, using at least one etherifying agent which, for reaction with cellulose, requires a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base, and (c) after increasing the quantity of base, further etherification of the cellulose ether so prepared, using at least one etherifying agent which, for reaction with cellulose, requires an at least stoichiometric quantity of a base or a catalytic and sub-stoichiometric quantity of a base, which is increased over the quantity used in step (a) wherein each step is effected in a water-containing reaction mixture, which method comprises incorporating sufficient dimethyl ether in the reaction medium for at least one step to serve as a dispersing auxiliary.
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