The present invention provides a continuous process for the preparation of a polyoxyalkylene polyether product of number average molecular weight N employing continuous addition of starter, involving a) establishing in a continuous reactor a first portion of a catalyst/initial starter mixture effective initiate polyoxyalkylation of the initial starter after introduction of alkylene oxide into the continuous reactor, b) continuously introducing into the continuous reactor one or more alkylene oxides, c) continuously introducing into the continuous reactor one or more continuously added starters which may be the same or different than said initial starter, d) continuously introducing into the reactor fresh catalyst and/or further catalyst/further starter mixture such that the catalytic activity is maintained, wherein the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of modified oxides and hydroxides of calcium, strontium and barium, lanthanum phosphates or lanthanide series (rare earth) phosphates and hydrotalcites and synthetic hydrotalcites, e) polyoxyalkylating combined starters by continuously practicing at least steps b) through d) herein until a polyoxyalkylene polyether product of number average molecular weight N is obtained and f) continuously removing the polyoxyalkylene polyether product from the continuous reactor. Modified-calcium hydroxide or modified calcium oxide and lanthanum phosphate catalysts exhibit catch-up kinetics and are thus useful for the production of polyalkylene oxides using the continuous and CAOS processes.
本发明提供了一种连续的工艺,用于制备聚氧烷基聚醚产品,其平均分子量为N,采用连续添加起始剂,包括a)在连续反应器中建立催化剂/初始起始剂混合物的第一部分,有效地在将环氧烷氧化物引入连续反应器后启动初始起始剂的聚氧烷基化,b)连续将一种或多种环氧烷氧化物引入连续反应器,c)连续将一种或多种连续添加的起始剂引入连续反应器,这些起始剂可以与初始起始剂相同或不同,d)连续将新的催化剂和/或进一步的催化剂/进一步的起始剂混合物引入反应器,以维持催化活性,其中催化剂选自改性
氧化钙、
锶和
钡、
镧磷酸盐或
镧系(稀土)
磷酸盐、
水滑石和
合成水滑石等组成的群组,e)通过在至少执行步骤b)至d)直至获得平均分子量为N的聚氧烷基聚醚产品的连续实践,对组合起始剂进行聚氧烷基化,f)连续从连续反应器中移除聚氧烷基聚醚产品。改性
氢氧化钙或改性
氧化钙和
镧磷酸盐催化剂表现出追赶动力学,因此适用于使用连续和CAOS工艺生产聚烷氧化物。