Summary of the invention
For solving existing problem in above-mentioned prior art, the invention provides the method for the two benzene methyl chloride of a kind of 4-of preparation chlorine.
Particularly, the invention provides:
(1) prepare the methods of the two benzene methyl chloride of 4-chlorine, the method comprises the following steps:
1) make 4-chlorobenzophenone and POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE or sodium borohydride carry out the reduction reaction as shown in reaction formula I, to obtain 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol:
Reaction formula I
Wherein said reduction reaction is carried out in low boiling point organic solvent, and temperature of reaction is 50 ℃ to 80 ℃;
2) the 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol and the aqueous hydrochloric acid that described step 1) are obtained carry out the chlorination as shown in reaction formula II, thus the two benzene methyl chloride of preparation 4-chlorine:
Reaction formula II
The temperature of reaction of wherein said chlorination is 74 ℃ to 82 ℃.
(2) according to the method (1) described, wherein, in described step 1), the time of described reduction reaction is at least 3 hours, is preferably 3-5 hour.
(3) according to the method (1) described, wherein in described step 2) in, the time of described chlorination is at least 3 hours, is preferably 3-5 hour.
(4) according to the method (1) described, wherein, in described step 1), the molar ratio of described 4-chlorobenzophenone and described POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE or sodium borohydride is 1:(0.32-0.6).
(5), according to the method (1) described, wherein, in described step 1), the envelope-bulk to weight ratio that feeds intake of described low boiling point organic solvent and described 4-chlorobenzophenone is for (2-3.5): 1.
(6) according to the method (1) described, wherein, in described step 1), described low boiling point organic solvent comprises methyl alcohol, ethanol, Virahol, tetrahydrofuran (THF), pyridine, acetone or its mixture.
(7) method according to (1), wherein said 4-chlorobenzophenone and described step 2) in the weightmeasurement ratio that feeds intake of described aqueous hydrochloric acid be 1:(4.5-5.5).
(8) according to the method (1) described, wherein in described step 2) in, the working concentration of described aqueous hydrochloric acid is 36 quality % to 37 quality %.
The present invention compared with prior art has the following advantages and positively effect:
1. method of the present invention is carried out in low boiling point organic solvent, not only can diluting reaction thing, and make reaction more abundant, and be convenient to reclaim solvent, improve solvent recovering rate; Reduce in addition the foreign matter content in the two benzene methyl chloride of end product 4-chlorine, be conducive to improve its quality and stability.
2. the present invention uses POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE or sodium borohydride as reductive agent, the many deficiencies while having avoided prior art to use zinc powder.
3. the present invention has found out the suitable temperature of reaction of each step, thereby has effectively improved transformation efficiency and the purity of product; In addition temperature of reaction lower (only needing 50 ℃ to 80 ℃), thus energy consumption can be saved.
4. the present invention's Reaction time shorten greatly, improves preparation efficiency.
5. the present invention, by further optimizing each step reaction conditions, has further effectively improved transformation efficiency and the purity of product.
6. method technique of the present invention is simple, there is no γ-ray emission in reaction process, safety and stability, and cost is low, has a high practical value industrial.
Embodiment
Below the invention will be further described for the description by embodiment, but this is not limitation of the present invention, those skilled in the art are according to basic thought of the present invention, can make various modifications or improvement, but only otherwise depart from basic thought of the present invention, all within the scope of the present invention.
As described above, after considering shortcoming of the prior art, the present inventor gropes through a large amount of theoretical investigation and tests, and reactant, reaction solvent and corresponding reaction conditions are improved, and has finally completed the present invention.
Particularly, the invention provides the method for the two benzene methyl chloride of a kind of 4-of preparation chlorine, the method comprises the following steps:
1) make 4-chlorobenzophenone and POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE or sodium borohydride carry out the reduction reaction as shown in reaction formula I, to obtain 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol:
Reaction formula I
Wherein said reduction reaction is carried out in low boiling point organic solvent, and temperature of reaction is 50 ℃ to 80 ℃;
2) the 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol and the aqueous hydrochloric acid that described step 1) are obtained carry out the chlorination as shown in reaction formula II, thus the two benzene methyl chloride of preparation 4-chlorine:
Reaction formula II
The temperature of reaction of wherein said chlorination is 74 ℃ to 82 ℃.
In the method for the invention, under said temperature scope, can obtain the two benzene methyl chloride of 4-chlorine that transformation efficiency and purity improve.In step 1), in the time of excess Temperature, easily there is punching material, generating impurity can be more, can cause product content to only have 90%-95%, and expend the energy; In the time that temperature is too low, reaction not exclusively, affects yield and quality.In step 2) in, in the time of excess Temperature, hydrochloric acid easily gasifies, and cause reaction not exclusively, thereby low conversion rate affects quality; In the time that temperature is too low, also cause reaction not exclusively, thereby low conversion rate affect quality.
More preferably, in described step 1), described temperature of reaction is 70 ℃ to 80 ℃, more preferably 70 ℃ to 75 ℃, and more preferably 70 ℃.In described step 2) in, more preferably 80 ℃ of described temperature of reaction.
In described step 1) of the present invention and 2) in, reaction pressure is had no particular limits.
In step 1) of the present invention, the reaction times is preferably at least 3 hours, more preferably 3-5 hour.In step 2 of the present invention) in, the reaction times is preferably at least 3 hours, more preferably 3-5 hour.
In addition,, in described step 1), the molar ratio of described 4-chlorobenzophenone and described POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE or sodium borohydride is preferably 1:(0.32-0.6).The envelope-bulk to weight ratio that feeds intake of described low boiling point organic solvent and described 4-chlorobenzophenone is preferably (2-3.5): 1(unit is mL:g or L:kg).Described low boiling point organic solvent can comprise methyl alcohol, ethanol, Virahol, tetrahydrofuran (THF), pyridine, acetone or its mixture.
Described 4-chlorobenzophenone and described step 2) in the weightmeasurement ratio that feeds intake of described aqueous hydrochloric acid be preferably 1:(4.5-5.5) (unit is g:mL or kg:L).The working concentration of described aqueous hydrochloric acid can be 36 quality % to 37 quality %.
In the present invention, " low boiling point organic solvent " refers to that boiling point is lower than the solvent of 120 ℃.In reaction, preferred organic solvent is that boiling point is the solvent of approximately 50 ℃-120 ℃, preferred solvent is that boiling point is the solvent of approximately 50 ℃-90 ℃, and comprising methyl alcohol, its boiling point is 64.5 ℃, the organic solvent that another kind is more preferably is ethanol, and its boiling point is 78 ℃-80 ℃.The organic solvent of the boiling point that can also use in addition other below 120 ℃, such as Virahol, tetrahydrofuran (THF), pyridine, acetone etc., also can use the mixed solvent of multiple organic solvent, the combination of such as methyl alcohol and ethanol etc., but be not limited in this.The present invention utilizes lower boiling organic solvent, has not only improved solvent revolution rate, and has reduced the foreign matter content in the two benzene methyl chloride of 4-chlorine, is conducive to improve its quality and stability.
Preferably, in described step 1), after described reduction reaction completes, remove described low boiling point organic solvent, to obtain described 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol.
In one embodiment of the invention, the salt being generated by POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE or sodium borohydride in step 1) and excessive POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE or sodium borohydride can enter step 2 with 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol), and finally remove by organic phase-aqueous phase separation.
Further explain and describe content of the present invention by the mode of example below, but these examples should not be understood to the restriction to protection scope of the present invention.
Example
In following example, 4-chlorobenzophenone can derive from Xiangfan Chuan Long Chemical Co., Ltd..
The content of gained 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride is measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method:
Instrument: high performance liquid chromatograph (being equipped with high-pressure pump, UV-detector, chromatographic data processor) (can derive from Agilent company);
The condition of HPLC is: chromatographic column: C18,250 × 4.6mm, granularity 10 μ; Moving phase: methyl alcohol (chromatographically pure); Flow velocity: 0.7mL/ minute; Detect wavelength: 230nm; Sample size: 20 μ L;
Need testing solution: take about 5mg trial-product and be placed in 10mL volumetric flask, be diluted to scale with dissolve with methanol;
Press area normalization method and calculate 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride content.
Embodiment 1: add 350ml dehydrated alcohol in three mouthfuls of reaction flasks, then add 150g 4-chlorobenzophenone and 12g POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE, stir and heat up, react 4 hours at approximately 80 ℃.React the most ethanol of rear distillation and obtained 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol.Add again 750ml 36 quality % aqueous hydrochloric acids to stir and carry out chlorination, at approximately 77 ℃, react 4.5 hours.Cooling reaction solution, separates organic layer, obtains 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride 147.8g.Transformation efficiency 90%, content 99.5%.
Embodiment 2: add 350ml dehydrated alcohol in three mouthfuls of reaction flasks, then add 150g 4-chlorobenzophenone and 22.5g POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE, stir and heat up, react 3.5 hours at approximately 70 ℃.React the most ethanol of rear distillation and obtained 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol.Add again 700ml 36 quality % aqueous hydrochloric acids to stir and carry out chlorination, at approximately 80 ℃, react 4 hours.Cooling reaction solution, separates organic layer and obtains 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride 149.5g.Transformation efficiency 91%, content 99.7%.
Embodiment 3: add 350ml dehydrated alcohol in three mouthfuls of reaction flasks, then add 150g 4-chlorobenzophenone and 15g POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE, stir and heat up, react 4.5 hours at approximately 77 ℃.React the most ethanol of rear distillation and obtained 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol.Add again 680ml 37 quality % aqueous hydrochloric acids to stir and carry out chlorination, at approximately 78 ℃, react 4.5 hours.Cooling reaction solution, separates organic layer and obtains 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride 149.6g.Transformation efficiency 91%, content 99.5%.
Embodiment 4: add 400ml dehydrated alcohol in three mouthfuls of reaction flasks, then add 150g 4-chlorobenzophenone and 12g POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE, stir and heat up, react 3 hours at approximately 80 ℃.React the most ethanol of rear distillation and obtained 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol.Add again 675ml 37 quality % aqueous hydrochloric acids to stir and carry out chlorination, at approximately 77 ℃, react 4 hours.Cooling reaction solution, separates organic layer and obtains 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride 147.8g.Transformation efficiency 90%, content 99.5%.
Embodiment 5: add 525ml dehydrated alcohol in three mouthfuls of reaction flasks, then add 150g 4-chlorobenzophenone and 14g POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE, stir and heat up, react 5 hours at approximately 75 ℃.React the most ethanol of rear distillation and obtained 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol.Add again 825ml 37 quality % aqueous hydrochloric acids to stir and carry out chlorination, at approximately 78 ℃, react 5 hours.Cooling reaction solution, layering, obtains 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride 148.9g.Transformation efficiency 91%, content 99.6%.
Embodiment 6: add 300ml anhydrous methanol in three mouthfuls of reaction flasks, then add 150g 4-chlorobenzophenone and 18g POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE, stir and heat up, react 5 hours at approximately 50 ℃.React the most ethanol of rear distillation and obtained 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol.Add again 680ml 37 quality % aqueous hydrochloric acids to stir and carry out chlorination, at approximately 74 ℃, react 4 hours.Cooling reaction solution, layering, obtains 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride 148.5g.Transformation efficiency 90.5%, content 99.6%.
Embodiment 7: add 400ml anhydrous isopropyl alcohol in three mouthfuls of reaction flasks, then add 150g4-chlorobenzophenone and 15g sodium borohydride, stir and heat up, react 3 hours at approximately 80 ℃.React the most ethanol of rear distillation and obtained 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl alcohol.Add again 680ml 37 quality % aqueous hydrochloric acids to stir and carry out chlorination, at approximately 82 ℃, react 3 hours.Cooling reaction solution, layering, obtains 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride 148.6g.Transformation efficiency 90.5%, content 99.6%.
Comparative example 1
150g 4-chlorobenzophenone, 100ml liquid caustic soda are added to reactor, stir and be warming up to 100 ℃, slowly add 25g zinc powder, control temperature and be about 112 ℃, add rear reaction 8h.Leave standstill, point get oil reservoir, with the 25% salt acid elution of the 100ml hot water of 78 ℃ and 20ml, then with the 100ml hot water wash of 78 ℃ to pH be 6.5, add 120ml benzene stirring and dissolving.Leave standstill, divide and get benzene layer, steam benzene, remaining liquid is 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride 139.5g.Transformation efficiency 85%, content 98.7%.
Comparative example 2
Two 150g 4-chlorine benzophenones, 110ml liquid caustic soda are added to reactor, stir and be warming up to 100 ℃, slowly add 27g zinc powder, control temperature and be about 113 ℃.Add rear reaction 8h.Leave standstill, point get oil reservoir, with the 25% salt acid elution of the 150ml hot water of 80 ℃ and 25ml, then with the 150ml hot water wash of 80 ℃ to pH be 6.5, add 125ml benzene stirring and dissolving.Leave standstill, divide and get benzene layer, steam benzene, remaining liquid is 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride 141.3g.Transformation efficiency 86%, content 99.1%.
Comparative example 3
Two 150g 4-chlorine benzophenones, 150ml liquid caustic soda are added to reactor, stir and be warming up to 100 ℃, slowly add 30g zinc powder, control temperature and be about 110 ℃.Add rear reaction 8h.Leave standstill, point get oil reservoir, with the 25% salt acid elution of the 140ml hot water of 80 ℃ and 30ml, then with the 140ml hot water wash of 80 ℃ to pH be 6.5, add 150ml benzene stirring and dissolving.Leave standstill, divide and get benzene layer, steam benzene, remaining liquid is 4-chlorodiphenyl methyl chloride 141.2g.Transformation efficiency 86%, content 98.8%.