Process for the production of butane-1,4-diol

Details Process for the production of butane-1,4-diol Process for the production of butane-1,4-diol

C - Chemistry, Metallurgy

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260/635.1, 260/3

C07C 31/20 (2006.01) C07C 29/149 (2006.01) C07C 29/17 (2006.01) C07D 307/08 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1249837

ABSTRACT PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BUTANE-1,4-DIOL Butane-1,4-diol is produced by vapour phase hydrogenolysis of an alkyl ester of a C4 dicarboxylic acid, e.g. diethyl maleate, over a reduced Cu-Cr or Cu-Zn mixed oxide catalyst. Two adiabatic hydrogenolysis zones are used. The mixture exiting the first of these zones is cooled (by, for example, 5°C) and the resulting cooled mixture is fed to the second zone in which it re- equilibriates at a lower temperature to increase the butane-1,4-diol yield at the expense of gamma- butyrolactone. Typical reaction conditions include use of temperatures of 150°C to 200°C, pressures of 25 to 70 bar, and an H2:ester molar ratio of 100:1 to 800:1. When using a maleate ester it is often advantageous to hydrogenate this to the corresponding succinate ester in an upstream hydrogenation zone prior to entry to the first hydrogenolysis zone.

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