申请人:Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
公开号:EP1961721A1
公开(公告)日:2008-08-27
It is an object of the present invention to provide a specific process that enables dialkyl carbonates and diols to be produced on an industrial scale of not less than 2 ton / hr and not less than 1.3 ton / hr respectively with high selectivity and high productivity stably for a prolonged period of time through a reactive distillation system of taking cyclic carbonates and aliphatic monohydric alcohols as starting materials, continuously feeding the starting materials into a continuous multi-stage distillation column in which a catalyst is present, and carrying out reaction and distillation simultaneously in the column. Although there have been many proposals regarding processes for the production of the dialkyl carbonates and the diols through a reactive distillation method, these have all been on a small scale and short operating time laboratory level, and there have been no disclosures whatsoever on a specific process or apparatus enabling mass production on an industrial scale. According to the present invention, there are provided a specific continuous multi-stage distillation column having a specified structure, and a production process using this continuous multi-stage distillation column, in which the dialkyl carbonates and the diols can be produced on an industrial scale of not less than 2 ton / hr and not less than 1.3 ton / hr respectively each with a selectivity of not less than 95%, preferably not less than 97%, more preferably not less than 99%, with a high yield stably for not less than 1000 hours, preferably not less than 3000 hours, more preferably not less than 5000 hours.
本发明的目的是提供一种特定的工艺,通过反应蒸馏系统,以环状碳酸酯和脂肪族一元醇为原料,在连续多级蒸馏塔中连续供给原料,其中存在催化剂,并在塔内同时进行反应和蒸馏,从而使二烷基碳酸酯和二元醇能够以高选择性和高生产率稳定地在工业规模上生产,二者产量分别不低于2吨/小时和1.3吨/小时。尽管关于通过反应蒸馏方法生产二烷基碳酸酯和二元醇的工艺已有许多提议,但这些都是在小规模和短时间的实验室水平上进行的,对于能够在工业规模上进行大规模生产的特定工艺或设备没有任何披露。根据本发明,提供了一种具有特定结构的连续多级蒸馏塔,以及使用该连续多级蒸馏塔的生产工艺,其中二烷基碳酸酯和二元醇可以分别以不低于2吨/小时和1.3吨/小时的工业规模生产,且选择性不低于95%,优选不低于97%,更优选不低于99%,产量高且稳定,持续时间不低于1000小时,优选不低于3000小时,更优选不低于5000小时。