申请人:Zhang Suojiang
公开号:US20130072727A1
公开(公告)日:2013-03-21
Disclosed is a process for producing ethylene glycol catalyzed by an ionic liquid, characterized in that the process includes the following three steps: (a) a carbonylation step of ethylene oxide and CO
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catalyzed by an ionic liquid composite catalyst comprising a hydroxyl functionalized ionic liquid and an alkali metal salt under an aqueous condition to produce ethylene carbonate and ethylene glycol; (b) a hydrolysis step of reacting the reaction solution containing ethylene carbonate and the ionic liquid composite catalyst obtained in step (a) with water to produce ethylene glycol; (c) a purification step of dehydrating and refining ethylene glycol from the aqueous solution containing ethylene glycol and the catalyst produced in step (b). The present process has the following advantages: the catalyst has high activity, high suitability, and good stability, the reaction condition is wild, the conversion of ethylene oxide is high, the selectivity of ethylene glycol is high, and the process is simple.
揭示了一种由离子液体催化生产乙二醇的过程,其特征在于该过程包括以下三个步骤:(a) 由含有羟基官能化离子液体和碱金属盐的离子液体复合催化剂在水相条件下催化乙烯氧化物和CO2的羰基化步骤,以产生碳酸乙烯酯和乙二醇;(b) 将步骤(a)中获得的含有碳酸乙烯和离子液体复合催化剂的反应溶液与水反应以产生乙二醇的水解步骤;(c) 从含有乙二醇和步骤(b)中产生的催化剂的水溶液中脱水和精制乙二醇的纯化步骤。该过程具有以下优点:催化剂活性高、适用性强、稳定性好,反应条件宽松,乙烯氧化物转化率高,乙二醇选择性高,过程简单。