Accordingly, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of a glycidyl ester of a branched monocarboxylic acid by reacting an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid of the formula R1R2R3COOH, wherein R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent an alkyl radical of normal or branched structure containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and an epoxyalkyl halide containing from 3 to 13 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst, wherein a greater than stoichiometric amount of epoxyalkyl halide is reacted with the acid (e.g., preferably in the molar ratio of epoxyalkyl halide to acid that is in the range of from 1.02:1 to 1.50:1) to form an intermediate reaction product comprising a halohydrin, the epoxyalkyl halide is added to the acid with appropriate cooling of the reactants and/or the reaction mixture to keep the temperature of the reaction mixture below 80°C, whereupon the epoxyalkyl halide and the acid are reacted at a temperature below 80°C (preferably in the range of from 55 to 75°C) for a time sufficient to reduce the amount of acid to no more than 2 wt% but no less than 0.1 wt% calculated on the initial amount of acid, optionally removing any excess epoxyalkyl halide from the reaction product prior to the ring closure reaction, subjecting the reaction product to a ring closure reaction (DHC) and optionally to one or more after treatments (ADHC) for removal of any remaining halo functionality.
因此,本发明涉及一种制备支链单
羧酸的环氧
丙酯的方法,通过在催化剂的存在下反应式R1R2R3COOH的脂肪族单
羧酸,其中R1、R2和R3各自独立地表示含有1至20个碳原子的正常或支链结构的烷基基团,以及含有3至13个碳原子的环氧烷基卤化物,反应过量的环氧烷基卤化物与酸反应(例如,优选摩尔比范围为1.02:1至1.50:1的环氧烷基卤化物与酸的比例),形成包含卤
水合物的中间反应产物,环氧烷基卤化物在适当冷却反应物和/或反应混合物的情况下加入酸中,以保持反应混合物的温度低于80°C,然后在低于80°C的温度下(优选范围为55至75°C)反应环氧烷基卤化物和酸的时间足以将酸的量减少到不超过初始酸量的2重量%但不少于0.1重量%,可在环合反应之前从反应产物中去除任何多余的环氧烷基卤化物,将反应产物进行环合反应(DHC)和可选地进行一种或多种后处理(ADHC),以去除任何剩余的卤功能。