申请人:Carter Keith Melvin
公开号:US20070155992A1
公开(公告)日:2007-07-05
Catalyst based reactions are taught for non-oxidative chemical conversion of liquid alcohols to higher boiling alcohols, ethers, glycol ethers and related products, comprising ethanol to butanol, propanols to hexanols, butanols to octanols, and others at ambient pressure. This same catalytic chemistry also converts substituted organic compounds comprising amines, ketones, ethers and other substituted organic compounds possessing at least one active hydrogen to related higher molecular weight products in the absence of air. The catalysts are based on selected transition metal complexes possessing a degree of symmetry. Laboratory results have demonstrated [chromium(II)]
2
, [cobalt(II)]
2
, [vanadium(II)]
2
and similar families of catalysts to be effective for non-oxidative catalytic conversion of substituted organic compounds to products comprising related higher molecular weight compounds in good yields in the absence of air, at modest temperatures and ambient pressure.
基于催化剂的反应用于将液体醇非氧化化学转化为沸点较高的醇类、醚、乙二醇醚和相关产品,包括乙醇转化为丁醇,丙醇转化为己醇,丁醇转化为辛醇等,均在常压下进行。这种相同的催化化学也将取代有机化合物,包括胺、酮、醚和其他取代有机化合物,其中至少含有一个活性氢,转化为相关的分子量较高的产品,在无空气的情况下进行。这些催化剂基于具有一定对称性的选择性过渡金属配合物。实验室结果表明,[铬(II)]2、[钴(II)]2、[钒(II)]2等类似催化剂家族在无空气的情况下,以适度的温度和常压下,有效地将取代有机化合物转化为相关的分子量较高的产物,且产率良好。