Hydrocyanation process with reduced yield losses
US7709674B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 12, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C253/10
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A hydrocyanation process produces adiponitrile and other dinitriles having six carbon atoms. The process involves forming a reaction mixture in the presence of at least one Lewis acid. The reaction mixture includes ethylenically unsaturated nitrites having five carbon atoms, hydrogen cyanide, and a catalyst precursor compositions. The reaction mixture is continuously fed while controlling the overall feed molar ratio of 2-pentenenitriles to all unsaturated nitriles and the overall feed molar ratio of hydrogen cyanide to all unsaturated nitrites. In the reaction product mixture, including adiponitrile, the ratio of the concentration of 2-pentenenitriles to the concentration of 3-pentenenitriles from about 0.2/1 to about 10/1. Included in the catalyst precursor composition is a zero-valent nickel and at least one multidentate phosphorus-containing ligand. The multidentate phosphorus-containing ligand may be a phosphite, a phosphonite, a phosphinite, a phosphine, and a mixed phosphorus-containing ligand or a combination of such members.
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