2-Ethylhexyl acrylate is obtained by esterification of acrylic acid (AA) with 2-ethylhexanol (2-EtHexOH), in the presence of at least one stabilizer for AA, with H
2
SO
4
as catalyst, the crude reaction mixture (B
1
) obtained comprising the desired acrylate, 2-EtHexOH, AA, 2-ethylhexyl hydrogensulphate (2-EtHexSO
4
H), traces of H
2
SO
4
and impurities. (B
1
) is washed with water in an extraction column C
2
to remove, at the bottom, the aqueous phase (A
1
), the top organic phase (O
2
) being sent to a topping column C
3
to obtain, at the top, the AA and the 2-EtHexOH, which are recycled to the esterification, the topped desired acrylate being sent to a distillation column C
4
, from where it exits, purified from the heavy products; a stage of hydrolysis of the 2-EtHexSO
4
H present in (A
1
) being carried out to form, in this phase, 2-EtHexOH and H
2
SO
4
, the acidic entities resulting from the hydrolysis being neutralized by introduction of a base into the medium, and the resulting aqueous phase (A
3
) being sent to the recovery of the 2-EtHexOH in a distillation column C
1.
2-乙基己基
丙烯酸酯是通过
丙烯酸(
AA)与
2-乙基己醇(2-EtHexOH)在至少一种
AA稳定剂的存在下酯化得到的,
硫酸(H2SO4)作为催化剂,得到的粗反应混合物(B1)包括所需的
丙烯酸酯、2-EtHexOH、
AA、2-乙基己基
硫酸酯(2-EtHexSO4H)、少量H2SO4和杂质。将(B1)在萃取柱C2中用
水洗涤,底部去除
水相(A1),将顶部有机相(O2)送入顶部柱C3,以得到顶部的
AA和2-EtHexOH,这些被回收用于酯化,而顶部的所需
丙烯酸酯被送入蒸馏柱C4,从中纯化出来,经重质产品退出;将(A1)中存在的2-乙基己基
硫酸酯进行
水解,生成
2-乙基己醇和H2SO4,
水解产生的酸性物质通过向介质中引入碱来中和,所得的
水相(A3)被送入蒸馏柱C1中回收
2-乙基己醇。