Method for preparing 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid by catalytic chlorination of 2-methylphenoxyacetic acid
Technical Field
The invention relates to a preparation method of 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid, in particular to a method for preparing 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid by catalyzing and chlorinating 2-methyl phenoxyacetic acid.
Background
2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2-methyl-4-chlorine for short, is a phenoxyacetic acid selective systemic transfer hormone type herbicide, is used for preventing and killing annual or perennial broadleaf weeds and partial nutgrass flatsedge, and is an important herbicide product. The structure is as follows.
According to the structure of the compound, the synthesis method mainly comprises the steps of firstly chlorinating to generate chlorophenol, and then synthesizing a raw medicine; and a route of using phenoxyacetic acid as a raw material to obtain a raw pesticide through chlorination. The chlorination method has the problem of generating dioxin compounds through over-reaction, and has no advantages in the aspects of product purification, production operation and the like, so that more methods are adopted for obtaining raw Medicines (MCPA) by taking o-tolyloxy acetic acid (MPA) as a raw material through chlorination reaction. As follows.
It has been reported that the above reaction is mainly carried out using chlorine gas in the presence of water.
US4515985 reports that MPA is added into water as a raw material, then the temperature is kept at 60 ℃, chlorine is introduced, and after the reaction is completed, the product MCPA is obtained after filtration, the content is 96 percent, and the yield is 92 percent.
WO9201663 reports that MPA is used as a raw material, catalysts N, N-dimethyl-2-aminopropionic acid and N, N-dimethylformamide are added into an aqueous solution, the temperature is kept at 20 ℃, the pH is controlled to be 8.5, sodium hypochlorite is dropwise added, hydrochloric acid is added after the reaction is completed, and filtration is performed to obtain the product MCPA with a yield of 96.8%.
CN201010269440.9 reports that MPA is used as a raw material, dimethylaminopyridine and N, N-dimethylformamide with catalytic amount are added into an alkaline aqueous solution, then chlorine is introduced at the temperature of 20-25 ℃, hydrochloric acid is added after the reaction is completed, and the product MCPA is obtained after filtration, wherein the content is 97.4% and the yield is 95.5%.
In the above reports, the raw material MPA reacts with chlorine or sodium hypochlorite in an aqueous solution, and a large amount of chlorinated wastewater is generated after the reaction, which generates a large pressure on subsequent environmental-friendly treatment and maintenance and operation of production equipment.
CN201810825161.2 reports that MPA is added into methyl ethyl carbonate, the temperature is kept at 50 ℃, chlorine is introduced, after the reaction is completed, water washing and filtration are carried out, and the product MCPA is obtained with the yield of 77.3 percent (calculated by o-cresol).
CN201110320431.2 reports that MPA is added into dichloromethane, the temperature is kept at 30 ℃, chlorine is introduced, and after the reaction is completed, filtration is carried out to obtain the product MCPA with the yield of 90 percent (calculated by MPA).
CN200310110175.X reports adding dichloroethane into MPA, maintaining at 75-80 deg.c, introducing chlorine gas to react completely to obtain coarse MCPA product with conversion rate of 90% and refining to obtain the product.
In the above report, the chlorination reaction is carried out using an organic solvent in the chlorination step, so that the problem of wastewater generated when water is used as a solvent is avoided, and good economy can be realized by recycling the organic solvent. However, in the above reports, the preparation of MPA requires post-treatment, i.e. the synthesized MPA needs to be purified, filtered, dried, etc. to achieve the corresponding yield.
Meanwhile, according to the guidance of the State safety administration on the enhancement of the work of evaluating the safety risk of the fine chemical reaction, the safety evaluation of the chlorination process reported in CN200310110175.X is 3 grade according to the specification of the third 2017 document No. 1 of the safety supervision general header.
In the research, the chlorination reaction is hoped to be carried out by adopting an organic solvent, the process simplicity is improved, and the MPA post-treatment is avoided. And by means of catalytic chlorination, the generation of three wastes is avoided, and meanwhile, higher yield and simplicity and convenience in process operation are realized. And reduces the risk of the process.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a method for preparing 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid by catalyzing and chlorinating o-methylphenoxyacetic acid.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:
a method for preparing 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid by catalytic chlorination of o-tolyloxy acetic acid comprises the following steps: taking o-methylphenoxyacetic acid (MPA) as a raw material, reacting in the presence of chlorine through a catalyst, and filtering to obtain 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA); wherein, the catalyst is imidazole ionic liquid.
Dissolving the o-tolyloxy acetic acid in a solvent, adding a catalyst, introducing chlorine at 30-70 ℃, reacting until the analysis shows that the reaction is complete, about 3-7h, cooling to 0-5 ℃ after the reaction, and filtering to obtain the 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA).
The introduction amount of the chlorine is 1-2: 1(w/w, o-methylphenol/chlorine).
The catalyst is imidazole ionic liquid which can be in the form of solid, solution or aqueous solution, and has the following structural formula:
in the above formula:
R1、R2、R3、R4selected from H, C, which may be the same or different1-C5An alkyl group;
x is selected from halogen and SO4、HSO4、H2PO4、HPO4、PO4Or BF4;
The using amount of the catalyst is 30-300: 1(w/w, o-methyl phenol/pyridine ionic liquid).
Preferably in the formula:
R1、R2、R3、R4、R5may be the same or differentIs selected from H, methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, n-propyl, tert-butyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, n-pentyl, 2-n-pentyl, 3-methyl-2-butyl, tert-butyl or isobutyl;
x is selected from chlorine, bromine, iodine, SO4、HSO4、H2PO4、HPO4、PO4Or BF4。
Adding water and liquid caustic soda into o-methyl phenol serving as a raw material, mixing and stirring until the mixture is clear, heating to 100-130 ℃, dropwise adding sodium chloroacetate into the system at the temperature, finishing the addition within 2-4 hours, and keeping the same temperature to continuously react for 1-2 hours until the analysis shows that the reaction is complete; and adjusting the pH value of the system to be 0-2, adding an organic solvent for extraction, and separating a water layer to obtain an MPA solution.
The organic solvent is selected from 1, 2-dichloroethane, trichloromethane or halogenated alkane.
1: 6-9: 1-2; the addition amount of sodium chloroacetate is 1-2.
Extracting by 1, 2-dichloroethane or trichloromethane after the reaction, standing at 40-70 ℃ for layering, and collecting a lower organic phase which is MPA solution for MCPA synthesis.
The invention has the advantages that:
(1) compared with the prior literature report, the technical method avoids using water as a solvent, can reduce the generation of waste water and reduce the pressure of the production process on equipment corrosion and environmental protection treatment on the premise of realizing higher yield.
(2) According to the invention, by adding the catalyst, the production of a product with higher purity is realized and the generation of impurities is avoided on the premise of not carrying out MPA synthesis post-treatment.
(3) Compared with the prior literature report, the technical method of the invention adopts extraction and layering separation without purification processes such as filtration and drying, and the obtained MPA solution can be directly used for chlorination reaction, so that the method has better operation simplicity.
(4) According to the technical method, in the chlorination step, the imidazole ionic liquid is used as the catalyst, so that the high yield can be realized on the premise of obtaining qualified products. The overall yield of the two-step reaction of MPA and MCPA in this study can reach 90%, while the yield 90% is achieved when the comparative literature uses refined MPA to prepare MCPA.
(5) According to the technical method, the reaction temperature is reduced, the addition amount of raw materials and the introduction amount of chlorine are controlled by adding the catalyst, the process risk degree of the technical scheme is evaluated according to the specification of a file No. III (2017) 1 of safety supervision of the State safety administration for strengthening the safety risk evaluation work of the fine chemical reaction, the process risk degree is 1 grade, and compared with the process reported by the existing literature, the safety of the reaction process is better.
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FIG. 1 is a scheme showing the synthesis scheme of 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid provided in the example of the present invention.
Detailed Description
The following examples are presented to further illustrate embodiments of the present invention, and it should be understood that the embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration and explanation only and are not intended to limit the invention.
In the preparation process, the catalyst is used, the reaction activity is higher, the catalytic chlorination reaction is carried out on the o-tolyloxy acetic acid, and the 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid is prepared with high yield; compared with the existing literature reports, the reaction system is simple and convenient to operate, does not generate wastewater in the chlorination step, can obtain products with higher quality, and is beneficial to large-scale production.
Example 1
Adding 50g of raw material o-methylphenol and 200g of water into a reaction bottle, adding 62g of liquid alkali, stirring until the mixture is clear, heating to 120 ℃, controlling the same temperature, dropwise adding a prepared sodium chloroacetate aqueous solution (44 g of chloroacetic acid and 100g of water) for about 5 hours, and preserving the temperature for 2 hours until the reaction is complete; adding hydrochloric acid into a bottle until the pH value of the system is 1, then adding 700ml of dichloroethane for extraction, keeping the temperature at 50 ℃, standing for layering, and collecting the lower organic phase which is MPA feed liquid for the next step of reaction.
Adding the MPA feed liquid into a reaction bottle, adding 0.2g of catalyst 1-isopropyl-4-methylimidazole phosphate, starting stirring, keeping the temperature of the feed liquid at 70 ℃, keeping the temperature, starting introducing chlorine gas until the raw material is completely converted, stopping introducing the chlorine gas, consuming 35g of chlorine gas, cooling to 10 ℃, filtering, and drying to obtain a product MCPA77.8g, the purity of which is 95 percent and the yield of which is 79.8 percent (calculated by o-methylphenol).
Wherein, o-methyl phenol: the weight ratio of chlorine gas is 1.
Example 2
The difference from the embodiment 1 is that:
adding all MPA solution obtained in example 1 into a reaction bottle, adding 1g of catalyst 1,3, 4-tri-n-pentylimidazole tetrafluoroborate, starting stirring, keeping the temperature of the feed liquid at 30 ℃, keeping the temperature, starting introducing chlorine gas until the raw material is completely converted, stopping introducing the chlorine gas, consuming 47g of chlorine gas, cooling to 5 ℃, filtering, and drying to obtain a product MCPA84.3g, with the purity of 96% and the yield of 87.3% (calculated on o-methylphenol).
Wherein, o-methyl phenol: the weight ratio of chlorine gas is 1.5.
The embodiment evaluates the reaction process risk degree according to a fine chemical reaction safety risk evaluation guide rule (trial) in the guidance opinions of the State safety administration on strengthening the fine chemical reaction safety risk evaluation work, and the evaluation is grade 1.
Example 3
The difference from the embodiment 1 is that:
adding all MPA solution obtained in example 1 into a reaction bottle, adding 0.7g of catalyst 2-ethyl-4-isopropyl imidazole bromide, starting stirring, keeping the temperature of the feed liquid at 58 ℃, keeping the temperature, starting introducing chlorine gas until the raw material is completely converted, stopping introducing the chlorine gas, consuming 40g of chlorine gas, cooling to 0 ℃, filtering, and drying to obtain a product MCPA85.1g with the purity of 96% and the yield of 90.1% (calculated by o-methylphenol).
Wherein, o-methyl phenol: the weight ratio of chlorine gas is 1.2.
The embodiment evaluates the reaction process risk degree according to a fine chemical reaction safety risk evaluation guide rule (trial) in the guidance opinions of the State safety administration on strengthening the fine chemical reaction safety risk evaluation work, and the evaluation is grade 1.
Example 4
The difference from the embodiment 1 is that:
adding all MPA solution obtained in the example 1 into a reaction bottle, starting stirring, keeping the temperature of the feed liquid at 72 ℃, keeping the temperature, starting introducing chlorine gas until the raw material is completely converted, stopping introducing the chlorine gas, consuming 52g of the chlorine gas, cooling to 0 ℃, filtering, and drying to obtain a product MCPA67.9g, wherein the purity is 95 percent, and the yield is 69.5 percent (calculated by o-methylphenol).
Wherein, o-methyl phenol: the weight ratio of chlorine gas is 1.5.
The embodiment evaluates the reaction process risk degree according to a fine chemical reaction safety risk evaluation guide rule (trial) in the guidance opinions of the State safety administration on strengthening the fine chemical reaction safety risk evaluation work, and the evaluation is grade 3.
According to the embodiments, the process flow can be simplified through a catalytic chlorination mode, high reaction yield can be achieved, waste water generation is reduced, and corrosion hazard of equipment is reduced. In addition, the reduction of the chlorination temperature improves the safety of the synthesis process.