Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a synthetic method of polymethoxy dialkyl ether, which is free from formaldehyde and water, has no by-product which is difficult to separate, greatly reduces the operation difficulty of the process in the product refining process, and realizes the advantages of high separation efficiency, low cost and the like.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a method for synthesizing polymethoxy dialkyl ether comprises the following steps: methylal and alkyl alcohol are used as raw materials, and the reaction is carried out under the action of an acid catalyst to obtain the polymethoxy dialkyl ether, wherein the structural general formula of the polymethoxy dialkyl ether is as follows:
R-O-(CH2O)-CH3and/or R-O- (CH)2O)-R;
Wherein R is alkyl in alkyl alcohol.
The reaction equation of the synthesis method is as follows:
preferred alkyl alcohols of the present invention are selected from C2-C10Corresponding to R in the above reaction equation being C2-C10Alkyl group of (1).
From the above reaction equation, the reaction of the present invention is a substitution reaction process of alcohol and methylal, and the possible mechanism is: under the action of acid catalyst, methylal is protonated to generate oxonium ions, then alcohol attacks the carbon atom of a middle methylene group, and deprotonation is carried out to generate methanol and polymethoxy dialkyl ether with different alkyl groups at two ends (one end is methyl); under the action of an acid catalyst, the generated polymethoxy dialkyl ether is protonated to generate oxonium ions, alcohol attacks the carbon atom of the middle methylene group, and deprotonation is carried out to generate polymethoxy dialkyl ether and methanol with the same alkyl at two ends. The possible reaction mechanism is as follows:
in the prior art, methylal is also used as a raw material, but the methylal is used as a terminal blocking raw material and reacts with trioxymethylene or paraformaldehyde, the trioxymethylene or paraformaldehyde is firstly depolymerized into formaldehyde single molecules, and the formaldehyde molecules are subjected to carbonyl protonation under an acidic condition; under the action of an acid catalyst, methylal generates reaction central body hemiacetal; finally, the activated formaldehyde reacts with hemiacetal to generate polymethoxy dimethyl ether. The prior art uses methylal as a terminal methyl provider, while the method of the invention uses methylal as an intermediate methylene provider and alcohol as a terminal alkoxy provider, and does not require the depolymerization of paraformaldehyde or trioxane to form formaldehyde molecules.
The synthesis method can obtain two polymethoxy dialkyl ethers which are respectively as follows: polymethoxy dialkyl ether having the same alkyl group at both ends and different alkyl groups at both ends (wherein one end is CH)3) The polymethoxydialkyl ether of (1).
According to the synthesis method of the present invention, preferably, after the reaction is finished, the reaction mixture is rectified to obtain two polymethoxy dialkyl ethers. The two polymethoxy dialkyl ether products can obtain respective pure products or the mixture of the two products by adjusting rectification conditions according to different specific structures.
The synthetic method of the invention does not generate formaldehyde and water, thereby greatly reducing the difficulty of the rectification process.
According to the synthesis method of the present invention, preferably, the molar ratio of the methylal to the alkyl alcohol is (0.4-2): 1; more preferably (0.5-1.5): 1.
according to the synthesis method of the present invention, preferably, the alkyl alcohol is selected from one or a combination of two or more of n-butanol, sec-butanol, tert-butanol, n-pentanol, n-hexanol, 4-methyl-2-pentanol, 2-ethylbutanol, n-heptanol, n-octanol, and 2-ethylhexanol.
According to the synthesis method of the present invention, preferably, the acidic catalyst is a strongly acidic cation exchange resin. More preferably, the strong acid cation exchange resin is a macroporous cation exchange resin with a pore radius of 20nm to 40 nm.
According to the synthesis method of the present invention, the amount of the catalyst is preferably 1% to 6%, more preferably 2% to 4%, for example 4% of the total mass of the raw materials.
According to the synthesis method of the present invention, preferably, the reaction temperature is 50 ℃ to 150 ℃, the reaction pressure is 0.1MPa to 4.0MPa, more preferably, the reaction temperature is 80 ℃ to 120 ℃, such as 110 ℃; the pressure of the reaction is 0.1MPa to 2MPa, for example 0.1 MPa.
According to the synthesis method of the present invention, the reaction time is preferably 0.5h to 12h, more preferably 4h to 10h, for example 10 h.
According to the synthesis method of the present invention, preferably, the reaction is performed in a nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction of the present invention is preferably carried out in a reaction vessel, and after the raw materials and the catalyst are added, nitrogen gas is introduced to displace the air in the reaction vessel and to achieve a prescribed reaction pressure.
The beneficial effects of the invention include:
the invention utilizes alkyl alcohol and methylal as raw materials to synthesize PODEnThe product synthesized by the method has less by-products, no generation of formaldehyde and water, easy separation and capability of synthesizing the product with different alkyl groups at two ends (wherein one end is CH)3) And polymethoxy dialkyl ether having the same alkyl group at both ends. The synthetic method of the invention avoids using paraformaldehyde or trioxymethylene, and correspondingly does not have the depolymerization process of the paraformaldehyde or the trioxymethylene, and can greatly reduce the process cost, reduce the operation difficulty and realize higher separation efficiency in the further refining and separating process. The synthetic process is simple to operate, high in safety and suitable for general popularization and industrial production.
Detailed Description
In order to more clearly illustrate the invention, the invention is further described below in connection with preferred embodiments. It is to be understood by persons skilled in the art that the following detailed description is illustrative and not restrictive, and is not to be taken as limiting the scope of the invention.
All numerical designations of the invention (e.g., temperature, time, concentration, weight, and the like, including ranges for each) may generally be approximations that vary (+) or (-) in increments of 0.1 or 1.0 as appropriate. All numerical designations should be understood as preceded by the term "about".
The strong acid cation exchange resin used in the examples of the present invention was a macroporous cation exchange resin purchased from Nanjing Koucao catalyst factory.
Example 1
78.14g of n-octanol, 36.52g of methylal and 4.59g of strong acid cation exchange resin are added into a kettle type continuous reactor, nitrogen is filled for protection, the pressure is increased to 2MPa, the rotating speed is kept at 250r/min, and the temperature is kept at 100 ℃ for 10 hours. After the reaction is finished, cooling to room temperature, taking out the synthesized mixture to be clear and transparent liquid, carrying out oil-water separation, taking supernatant, and carrying out qualitative and quantitative analysis on the product by utilizing a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technology and a gas chromatography respectively to obtain the distribution and the content of different components of the product, wherein the results are shown in table 1 and figures 1-3. The reaction equation is as follows:
the mass spectrum of the peak # 1 in the gas chromatogram 1 is shown in FIG. 2. Wherein, the 43.1 position is CH3CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 45.13OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 57.13CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 61.13OCH2Fragment ion peak of O-, CH at 71.13CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 75.13OCH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 85.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 99.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 113.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-C at 129.18H17Fragment ion peak of O-, therefore the molecular structure of the 1# peak is CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH3。
The mass spectrum of peak # 2 in the gas chromatogram of FIG. 1 is shown in FIG. 3. Wherein, the 43.1 position is CH3CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 57.13CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 71.13CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 85.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 99.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 113.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-C at 129.18H17Fragment ion peak of O-, C at 143.18H17OCH2Fragment ion peak of-C at 159.18H17OCH2Fragment ion peak of O-, 271.2 is CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3Fragment ion peak of n-1, so that the molecular structure of peak # 2 is CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3。
Example 2
44.47g of n-butanol, 45.65g of methylal and 3.61g of strong acid cation exchange resin are added into a kettle type continuous reactor, nitrogen is filled into the kettle type continuous reactor, the pressure is increased to 2MPa, the rotating speed is kept at 250r/min, and the kettle type continuous reactor is heated to a constant temperature of 100 ℃ for continuous reaction for 10 hours. After the reaction is finished, cooling to room temperature, taking out the synthesized mixture to be clear and transparent liquid, carrying out oil-water separation, taking the supernatant, and carrying out qualitative and quantitative analysis on the product by using a GC-MS (gas chromatography-Mass spectrometer) combined technology and a GC technology to obtain the distribution and the content of different components of the product, wherein the results are shown in table 1 and figures 4-6. The reaction equation is as follows:
the mass spectrum of the peak # 1 in the gas chromatogram of FIG. 4 is shown in FIG. 5. Wherein, the 43.1 position is CH3CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 45.13OCH2Fragments of (A) to (B)Ion Peak, 57.1 CH3CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 613OCH2Fragment ion peak of O-, CH at 75.13OCH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 87.13CH2CH2CH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 117.13CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH3N-1 fragment ion peak of (E), so that the molecular structure of the 1# peak is CH3CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH3。
The mass spectrum of peak # 2 in the gas chromatogram of FIG. 4 is shown in FIG. 6. Wherein, the 43.1 position is CH3CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 57.13CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 73.13CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of O-CH at 87.13CH2CH2CH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-C at 103.14H9OCH2Fragment ion peak of O-CH at 117.13CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 159.13CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH2CH2CH2CH3Fragment ion peak of n-1, so that the molecular structure of peak # 2 is CH3CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH2CH2CH2CH3。
Example 3
Adding 61.30g of n-hexanol, 54.78g of methylal and 4.64g of strong acid cation exchange resin into a high-pressure reaction kettle, filling nitrogen, pressurizing to 2MPa, keeping the rotation speed at 250r/min, heating to constant temperature of 100 ℃, and continuously reacting for 10 hours. After the reaction is finished, cooling to room temperature, taking out the synthesized mixture to be clear and transparent liquid, carrying out oil-water separation, taking the supernatant, and carrying out qualitative and quantitative analysis on the product by using a GC-MS (gas chromatography-Mass spectrometer) combined technology and a GC technology to obtain the distribution and the content of different components of the product, wherein the results are shown in table 1 and figures 7-9. The reaction equation is as follows:
the mass spectrum of the peak # 1 in the gas chromatogram 7 is shown in FIG. 8. Wherein, the 43.1 position is CH3CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 45.13OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 57.13CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 61.13OCH2Fragment ion peak of O-, CH at 71.13CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 75.13OCH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 85.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 101.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of O-CH at 145.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH3N-1 fragment ion peak of (E), so that the molecular structure of the 1# peak is CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH3。
The mass spectrum of peak # 2 in the gas chromatogram 7 is shown in FIG. 9. Wherein, the 43.1 position is CH3CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 57.13CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 71.13CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 85.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 101.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of O-, CH at 115.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 131.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of O-CH at 145.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 215.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3Fragment ion peak of n-1, so that the molecular structure of peak # 2 is CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3。
Example 4
Adding 69.72g of n-heptanol, 45.65g of methylal and 4.61g of strong acid cation exchange resin into a high-pressure reaction kettle, introducing nitrogen, pressurizing to 2MPa, keeping the rotation speed at 250r/min, heating to constant temperature of 100 ℃, and continuously reacting for 10 hours. After the reaction is finished, cooling to room temperature, taking out the synthesized mixture to be clear and transparent liquid, carrying out oil-water separation, taking the supernatant, and carrying out qualitative and quantitative analysis on the product by using a GC-MS (gas chromatography-Mass spectrometer) combined technology and a GC technology to obtain the distribution and the content of different components of the product, wherein the results are shown in table 1 and figures 10-12. The reaction equation is as follows:
the mass spectrum of the peak # 1 in the gas chromatogram 10 is shown in FIG. 11. Wherein, the 43.1 position is CH3CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 45.13OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 57.13CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 61.13OCH2Fragment ion peak of O-, CH at 71.13CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 75.13OCH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 85.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 99.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 115.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of O-, therefore the molecular structure of the 1# peak is CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH3。
The mass spectrum of peak # 2 in the gas chromatogram of FIG. 10 is shown in FIG. 12. Wherein, the 43.1 position is CH3CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 57.13CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 71.13CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 85.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 99.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 115.13CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of O-, C at 129.17H15OCH2Fragment ion peak of-C at 145.17H15OCH2Fragment ion peak of O-, C at 159.17H15OCH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 243.23CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3Fragment ion peak of n-1, so that the molecular structure of peak # 2 is CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OCH2OCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3。
Example 5
Adding 78.14g of isooctanol, 45.65g of methylal and 4.95g of strong-acid cation exchange resin into a high-pressure reaction kettle, filling nitrogen, pressurizing to 2MPa, keeping the rotation speed at 250r/min, heating to constant temperature of 100 ℃, and continuously reacting for 10 hours. After the reaction is finished, cooling to room temperature, taking out the synthesized mixture to be clear and transparent liquid, carrying out oil-water separation, taking supernatant, and carrying out qualitative and quantitative analysis on the product by using a GC-MS (gas chromatography-Mass spectrometer) combined technology and a GC technology to obtain the distribution and the content of different components of the product, wherein the results are shown in Table 1. The reaction equation is as follows:
the mass spectrum of the peak # 1 in the gas chromatogram 13 is shown in FIG. 14. Wherein, the 43.1 position is CH3CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 45.13OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 57.13CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 61.13OCH2Fragment ion peak of O-, CH at 75.13OCH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 99.13CH2CH2CH2(C2H5) Fragment ion peak of CH-is CH at 113.13CH2CH2CH2(C2H5)CHCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 129.13CH2CH2CH2(C2H5)CHCH2Fragment ion peak of O-, therefore the molecular structure of the 1# peak is CH3CH2CH2CH2CH(C2H5)CH2OCH2OCH3。
The mass spectrum of peak # 2 in the gas chromatogram of FIG. 13 is shown in FIG. 15. Wherein, the 43.1 position is CH3CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 57.13CH2CH2CH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 99.13CH2CH2CH2(C2H5) Fragment ion peak of CH-is CH at 113.13CH2CH2CH2(C2H5)CHCH2Fragment ion peak of-CH at 129.13CH2CH2CH2(C2H5)CHCH2Fragment ion peak of O-, CH at 143.13CH2CH2CH2(C2H5)CHCH2OCH2-, 159.1 is CH3CH2CH2CH2(C2H5)CHCH2OCH2Fragment ion peak of O-, therefore the molecular structure of the 2# peak is CH3CH2CH2CH2CH(C2H5)CH2OCH2OCH2CH(C2H5)CH2CH2CH2CH3。
Table 1 contents of different components in reaction solutions of examples 1 to 5
Example 6
This example explores the experimental mechanism, and the exploration experimental process includes the following experiments 1-4:
experiment 1: adding methylal and sec-butyl alcohol in a molar ratio of 10:1 into a reaction kettle, adding strong acid cation exchange resin accounting for 3% of the total mass of the raw materials, filling nitrogen into the reaction kettle to exhaust the gas so that the initial pressure is atmospheric pressure, keeping the rotating speed at 250r/min, heating the reaction kettle to a constant temperature of 110 ℃ for continuous reaction for two hours, and cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished.
Experiment 2: adding methylal and sec-butyl alcohol in a molar ratio of 10:1 into a reaction kettle, adding strong acid cation exchange resin accounting for 3% of the total mass of the raw materials, introducing nitrogen into the reaction kettle, pressurizing the reaction kettle to 1MPa, keeping the rotating speed at 250r/min, heating the reaction kettle to a constant temperature of 110 ℃ for continuous reaction for two hours, and cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished.
Experiment 3: methylal and sec-butyl alcohol with a molar ratio of 1:10 are added into a reaction kettle, strong acid cation exchange resin with the total mass of 3 percent of the raw materials is added, the reaction conditions are the same as those of experiment 1, and after the reaction is finished, the mixture is cooled to room temperature.
Experiment 4: methylal and sec-butyl alcohol with a molar ratio of 1:10 are added into a reaction kettle, strong acid cation exchange resin with the total mass of 3 percent of the raw materials is added, the reaction conditions are the same as those of experiment 2, and after the reaction is finished, the mixture is cooled to room temperature.
The supernatants of the mixtures obtained in experiments 1-4 were chromatographed, normalized to the content of the two different products, to obtain the respective contents of products with a double sec-butyl end group and a mono sec-butyl end group, the results being shown in table 2.
TABLE 2 results of experiments 1-4
Comparing experiments 1 and 2 with experiments 3 and 4, when methylal and sec-butyl alcohol are added into the raw materials at a molar ratio of 10:1, most of the products are monomes-sec-butyl polymethoxy dialkyl ether, and trace amount of di-sec-butyl polymethoxy dialkyl ether is contained; when methylal and sec-butyl alcohol with the molar ratio of 1:10 are added into the raw materials, the content of the generated di-sec-butyl product is obviously increased, and the content of the mono-sec-butyl product is obviously reduced. Therefore, methylal and sec-butyl alcohol are used as raw materials, under the action of an acid catalyst, firstly, a product is generated to be the monomecondary butyl polymethoxy dialkyl ether, and then, under the action of an acid catalyst, the monomecondary butyl product is taken as a base to be regenerated to be the di-sec-butyl polymethoxy dialkyl ether. The reaction mechanism of the route according to the invention can thus be derived, for example, as follows:
it should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention are only examples for clearly illustrating the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention, and it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that other variations or modifications may be made on the basis of the above description, and all embodiments may not be exhaustive, and all obvious variations or modifications may be included within the scope of the present invention.