AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF ORGANIC ACID CHROMIUM(III) SALTS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF
申请人:Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
公开号:EP2039673A1
公开(公告)日:2009-03-25
An aqueous solution containing an organic acid chromium (III) salt represented by general formula: Crm(Ax)n, wherein A represents a residue left after proton removal from an organic acid; x represents a charge of A; and m and n represent integers satisfying equation 3m+xn=0, is disclosed. The aqueous solution contains the organic acid chromium (III) salt in a concentration of 6% by weight or higher in terms of Crm(Ax)n, has impurity ion concentrations of Na≤30 ppm, Fe≤20 ppm, Cl≤0.001%, SO4≤0.03%, and NO3≤20 ppm per 20 wt% concentration of Crm(Ax)n, and is substantially free from chromium (VI).
Provided is a method for stably and economically producing xylylenediamine with a high yield and long catalyst service life by hydrogenating dicyanobenzene that is obtained by ammoxidating xylene. By bringing an aqueous basic solution into contact with a dicyanobenzene-absorbed liquid, which is obtained by bringing an ammoxidation reaction gas into contact with an organic solvent, under specified temperature conditions, and subjecting a base and a carboxylic acid in the dicyanobenzene-absorbed liquid to a neutralization reaction so as to form an aqueous phase that contains a water-soluble salt, and then subjecting an organic phase and the aqueous phase to liquid-liquid separation so as to remove the aqueous phase, it is possible to remove the carboxylic acid contained in the dicyanobenzene-absorbed liquid with high selectivity while inhibiting loss of the dicyanobenzene. By subjecting the raw material dicyanobenzene, which is obtained by separating low boiling point compounds from the post liquid-liquid separation organic phase by distillation under reduced pressure, to hydrogenation, xylylenediamine is produced with a high yield and the service life of the hydrogenation catalyst is extended.