Methods for reprocessing cobalt catalysts used in hydrocarboxylation
US4578367A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/584
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The catalytic cobalt compound used in the reaction of olefins with carbon monoxide and water or alkanols which employs an oxidizing treatment is reprocessed according to the present invention. This reprocessing includes in a first embodiment treating the cobaltic residue obtained as the distillation sump product with water and a carboxylic acid having 1 to 4 C atoms. The phases generated are separated and cobalt is recovered from the carboxylic acid/water phase in the form of the corresponding carboxylic acid salt. Where appropriate, the corresponding carboxylic acid salt is transformed into another carboxylic-acid salt. A second embodiment includes the steps of hydrogenating the cobalt containing residue obtained as the distillation sump product, separating the metallic cobalt which is obtained, reacting the metallic cobalt with an acid and where appropriate converting the cobalt salt so obtained into another cobalt salt.
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