Improve the method that optionally prepares diaryl carbonate
Background of invention
The present invention relates to prepare the method for diaryl carbonate by carbonylation.Specifically, the present invention relates in carbonylation reaction, use the catalyst composition of simplifying.
Diaryl carbonate is by carrying out the valuable intermediate that transesterify prepares polycarbonate with the fusion bisphenol compound.This method for preparing polycarbonate than use the toxic gas phosgene as reactant, use such as the environmentally harmful chlorination aliphatic hydrocrbon of methylene dichloride and have the advantage that helps environment protection as the method for solvent.
The method that various carbonylation reactions by hydroxy aromatic compound and carbon monoxide and oxygen prepare diaryl carbonate is disclosed.In general, carbonylation reaction needs quite complicated catalyzer.Referring to, for example, United States Patent (USP) 5,231,210,5,284,964 and 5,399,734 and the common unsettled application serial no of owning together [RD-25582].Wherein said catalyst composition comprises the VIII B family metal metal of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum (that is: be selected from) or its title complex.They be used in combination such as bromide source such as bromination tetra-n-butyl ammonium and bromination Hexaethyl Guanidinium.
According to above listed patent and application, need other catalyst component.They comprise inorganic promotor, be typically, cobalt (II) salt and the title complex that can form the organic compound of title complex, the five tooth title complexs that particularly are mated, representational this class organic compound is a nitrogen-containing heterocycle compound, comprising: pyridines, bipyridyliums, terpyridyl, quinoline, iloquinoline derivative and diquinolyl class, aliphatic polyamines class such as quadrol and tetraalkyl ethylenediamines, crown ether-like, aromatics or aliphatic amidogen ether such as kryptofix 222 (cryptanes) and Schiff's base.Particularly preferred inorganic promotor is the title complex of cobalt (II) and two [3-(salicylic aldehyde amino) propyl group] methylamines in many examples.
Organic promoter also is necessary.They can comprise various terpyridyls, phenanthroline, quinoline and isoquinoline compound, comprising: 2,2 ': 6 ', 2 " terpyridyl, 4 '-methylthio group-2; 2 ': 6 ', 2 " terpyridyl and 2,2 ': 6 ', 2 " terpyridyl N-oxide compound; 1,10-phenanthroline, 2,4; 7,8-tetramethyl--1,10-phenanthroline, 4; 7-phenylbenzene-1,10-phenanthroline and 3,4; 7,8-tetramethyl--1,10-phenanthroline.General terpyridyl preferably, particularly 2,2 ': 6 ', 2 " terpyridyls.
Comprising in the presence of the catalyst composition of less composition, and particularly, it is desirable carrying out carbonylation reaction in the presence of the catalyst composition that does not need to comprise than expensive cobalt complex and terpyridyl.The present invention relates to the application of this catalyst composition.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is a kind of method for preparing diaryl carbonate, this method comprises: significant quantity concerning carbonylation at least a except comprising VIII B family's metallic element and compound thereof, do not contain other metallic elements, do not contain in the presence of the catalyst composition of terpyridyl yet, at least a hydroxy aromatic compound is contacted with oxygen and carbon monoxide, described catalystic material comprises VIII B family's metallic element or its compound, bromide source and the polyaniline that is in partial oxidation and partial reduction attitude.
Describe in detail; Preferred embodiment
Can use any hydroxy aromatic compound in the present invention.General preferred monohydroxyaromatic compound, for example phenol, cresols, xylenol and to cumyl phenol, most preferably phenol.Yet the present invention also can use dihydroxy aromatic compounds, for example; Resorcinol, Resorcinol and 2, two (4-hydroxy phenyl) propane of 2-or " dihydroxyphenyl propane ", this moment, product was a polycarbonate.
The basic reagent of other that uses in the method for the present invention is oxygen and carbon monoxide, and they and phenol reactant form needed diaryl carbonate.
Catalyst composition basal component is one of VIII B family metallic element used according to the present invention, is preferably palladium or its compound.Therefore, what be fit to is palladium black or is deposited on element palladium on the carbon, and palladium compound, the salt that forms as halogenide, nitrate, carboxylate salt, with aliphatic beta-diketon and comprise title complex such as the compounds of carbon monoxide, amine, phosphine class and alkene.Preferred organic acid the most often is C in most of examples
2~6The palladium of aliphatic carboxylic acid (II) salt and such as 2, the palladium of the beta-diketon of 4-diacetylmethane and so on (II) salt.General palladium (II) and 2 most preferably, 4-diacetylmethane palladium (II).
Catalytic material also contains bromide source.It can be quaternary ammonium or quaternary phosphonium bromide, perhaps six alkyl Guanidinium bromides.Often preferred Guanidinium salt; Comprise α, ω-two (five alkyl Guanidinium) alkane salts.Particularly preferably be the salt that contains 2~6 carbon atoms in the alkyl, particularly bromination tetra-n-butyl ammonium and bromination Hexaethyl Guanidinium.
According to the basic catalyst component of another kind of the present invention is the polyaniline of partial oxidation and partial reduction attitude.Polyaniline is well known in the art.This compound can prepare the aniline oxidation by electrochemistry or chemical process.
The typical method of preparation polyaniline is in water medium, in the presence of the acidic cpd that is fit to such as hydrofluoric acid or spirit of salt, to make the aniline oxidation with ammonium persulphate.When using spirit of salt, the pH of water medium is quite low, is generally below 1.0.This method is described in the Indian patent application of the S.Radhakrishnan that submitted in 1997 and S.Unde, and its exercise question is " being applied to the preparation method of the electrically conductive polyaniline of chemical-sensitive element ".It provides the polyaniline as partial oxidation and partial reduction material uniquely, wherein has and contains-C
6H
4The alternative quinonyl that the reduction of NH-structural unit part (about 40~60% weight) and containing is separated by trivalent nitrogen atom and the oxidized portion of phenylene.
One of the characteristic that occupies the polyaniline of critical role in the present invention is to have higher electroconductibility.But, often find that Zhi Bei polyaniline has the low electric conductivity that does not meet the requirements as stated above.
So, for the present invention, usually preferred use by slightly different method synthetic dope halid, particularly dope muriatic polyaniline composition, the step of described method comprises: the oxygenizement under low pH, with inert binder blend and coordination.In the method, aniline being dissolved in the acidic medium, generally is the spirit of salt aqueous solution, its pH scope is about 3.0~4.5, adds the oxygenant that is fit to again, generally is alkali-metal persulphate or iron(ic) chloride, general preferred as alkali persulphate, particularly Sodium Persulfate.The polyaniline that contains additive can be precipitated out from the gained reaction mixture when leaving standstill.Employing generally comprises filters and the exsiccant usual way, and it is separated.Then with itself and the binder polymer blend that contains ether or ester group; The polymkeric substance that is fit to comprises polyoxygenated alkane polyphenylene oxide and acrylate addition polymer.Resulting polymeric blends is dissolved in the suitable solvent; Mix with salt, for example cupric chloride with its formation title complex; Stirring is until obtaining the heavy-gravity slurry.This slurry can be used as catalyst component.
Following example explanation is as the polyaniline preparation of compositions method of catalyst component.
Example 1
10ml (milliliter) aniline is added drop-wise to the dense spirit of salt of 5.5g (gram) in the mixture of 150ml distilled water, the while vigorous stirring, formation pH is 4.3 transparent liquid.Slowly add the solution of 5.3g ammonium persulphate in 100ml water, stir simultaneously, allow reaction mixture at room temperature leave standstill 20 hours, so separate out a large amount of green brown precipitates.This mixture is poured into makes polyaniline precipitation in the 1000ml distilled water.
Sedimentary polyaniline is filtered, with distilled water wash several times, dry then.With its sample of 200mg (milligram) and 800mg molecular weight is about 3000 polyethylene oxide and the 20ml methanol mixed that contains the 80mg cupric chloride.This solution of vigorous stirring is until the thickness slurry that forms even color and luster and denseness.This slurry is the muriatic polyaniline of doping of needed partial reduction.
Example 2
9.3ml aniline is added drop-wise to the dense spirit of salt of 5.5g in the mixture of 150ml distilled water, the while vigorous stirring, formation pH is 3.8 transparent liquid.Slowly add the solution of 3.2g iron(ic) chloride in 20ml water, stir simultaneously, allow reaction mixture at room temperature leave standstill 24 hours, so separate out a large amount of light green precipitations.This mixture is poured into makes polyaniline precipitation in the 1000ml distilled water.
Sedimentary polyaniline is filtered, with distilled water wash several times, dry then.With its sample of 200mg (milligram) and 800mg molecular weight is about 3000 polyethylene oxide and the 20ml methanol mixed that contains the 80mg cupric chloride.This solution of vigorous stirring is until the thickness slurry that forms even color and luster and denseness.This slurry is the muriatic polyaniline of doping of needed partial reduction.
The ratio in employed in the method for the invention VIII B family metallic element source is, is enough to for per 800~10,000, preferred 2,000~5, and 000mol (mole) hydroxy aromatic compound provides the amount of about 1 grammeatom metallic element.Concerning every grammeatom VIII B family metallic element, use about 5~150, preferred about 20~50mol bromide source usually.The scope of the weight ratio of polyaniline and VIII B family metallic element compound is generally about 0.2~5.0: 1.
Infeed gas in reaction mixture, its ratio is about 2~50% (mole) oxygen, and rest part is a carbon monoxide.Gas can add respectively or add with the form of mixture, to the total pressure scope be about 10~250 normal atmosphere.General range of reaction temperature is about 60~150 ℃.In reaction vessel, can there be siccative.It generally is molecular sieve.For reaction is carried out as quickly as possible, preferably keep reaction pressure, till hydroxy aromatic compound transforms fully according to above-mentioned United States Patent (USP) 5,399,734.
The diaryl carbonate that generates by method of the present invention can adopt traditional method to separate.Often preferably form and the adducts of pyrolysis diaryl carbonate and hydroxy aromatic compound, as at United States Patent (USP) 5,239,106 and 5,312, such described in 955.
Following example explanation the present invention.
Example 3~5
In each high-pressure reactor (50ml volume), add each batch reaction thing, palladium (II) that reactant consists of about 20g phenol, 800mg Tetrabutylammonium bromide and different amounts and the polyaniline similar to example 1, described polyaniline is 50% reduction and 50% oxidation state, and its molecular weight is about 3380.The activation 3A type molecular sieve that about 4.5g is fresh places the basket that is fixed on each reactor head.
With the reactor sealing, with carbon monoxide cleaning twice,, be heated to 100 ℃, simultaneously vigorous stirring with 66.3 normal atmosphere carbon monoxide and 5.1 normal atmosphere oxygen superchargings.Fall the monitoring reaction process by record still internal pressure, and with gas make-up pressure, its condition is a carbon monoxide to the ratio of oxygen is necessary 2: 1.When reaction is finished,, and analyze the cooling of the material in the reactor.It the results are shown in the following table." phenol conversion " is the ratio that is converted into the phenol of product, and " selectivity " (for diphenyl carbonate) is to be the percent value of the diphenyl carbonate that is generated of benchmark in the total reaction product.
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