Background
2-MethylResorcinol, also known as 2, 6-Dihydroxytoluene, CAS:608-25-3, molecular formula C7H8O2Molecular weight 124.137, melting point 118 ℃ and relative density 1.21g/cm3. The 2-methyl resorcinol is a nearly white powder, is mainly used for medical intermediates, pesticide intermediates, dye intermediates and the like, and is commonly used as a hair dyeing auxiliary agent.
4-methylresorcinol, also known as methyl-1, 3-benzenediol and 2, 4-dihydroxytoluene, CAS number 496-73-1, formula C7H8O2The molecular weight is 124.137, the melting point is 104-108 ℃, and the relative density is 1.210g/cm3. 4-methyl resorcinol is an important organic synthesis intermediate and is widely used in fine chemical industries such as dye, medicine, pesticide, cosmetics and the like.
The synthesis method of 2-methyl resorcinol is more, and is mainly divided into a 2, 6-diaminotoluene method, a p-methylbenzoic acid method, a glutaric acid method, a 1, 3-cyclohexanedione method and a resorcinol method according to different reaction raw materials, wherein the resorcinol method has a certain industrial application prospect. However, the method has low selectivity and high cost of 2-methyl resorcinol, and causes expensive products.
The synthesis method of 4-methyl resorcinol is less reported and is generally prepared by reducing acyl resorcinol in a liquid phase system. In the preparation of 4-alkyl resorcinol in the prior art, the defects of low conversion rate of raw materials, low product selectivity and more byproducts are generally existed.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention aims to provide a method for simultaneously preparing 2-methylresorcinol and 4-methylresorcinol. The synthesis method of the invention has high selectivity for 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:
the invention provides a method for simultaneously preparing 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol, which comprises the following steps:
the resorcinol and the methanol are subjected to alkylation reaction by a metal phosphate stationary phase catalyst to obtain 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol.
Preferably, the metal phosphate is one or more of aluminum phosphate, lanthanum phosphate, zirconium phosphate, cerium phosphate, zinc phosphate, calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate and chromium phosphate.
Preferably, the mass ratio of the resorcinol to the methanol is (0.2-2.0): 1.
preferably, the mass ratio of the resorcinol to the methanol is (0.25-1.5): 1.
preferably, the total velocity of the resorcinol and the methanol passing through the stationary phase catalyst is 0.1-2.0 mL/(g.h).
Preferably, the temperature of the alkylation reaction is 200-400 ℃.
Preferably, the alkylation reaction is carried out under an inert atmosphere.
Preferably, the alkylation reaction is followed by the separation of the obtained 2-methylresorcinol and 4-methylresorcinol, the separation comprising:
and distilling, rectifying and fractionating the alkylation reaction solution to respectively obtain 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol.
The invention provides a method for simultaneously preparing 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol, which comprises the following steps: the resorcinol and the methanol are subjected to alkylation reaction by a metal phosphate stationary phase catalyst to obtain 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol. According to the invention, the metal phosphate is used as the catalyst, 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol can be obtained simultaneously by controlling the type of the catalyst, the conversion rate of resorcinol is high, the combined selectivity of 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol can reach 60% at most, the selectivity of hydroxyanisole among other products is about 30%, and the selectivity of m-xylylene ether is about 5%. The products obtained by the reaction are important intermediates for fine chemical engineering, organic chemistry and drug synthesis, and have higher economic benefit. Meanwhile, the invention takes the methanol as the methylation reagent, is environment-friendly and low in price, and reduces the production cost.
Detailed Description
The invention provides a method for simultaneously preparing 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol, which comprises the following steps:
the resorcinol and the methanol are subjected to alkylation reaction by a metal phosphate stationary phase catalyst to obtain 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol.
In the present invention, the metal phosphate is preferably one or more of aluminum phosphate, lanthanum phosphate, zirconium phosphate, cerium phosphate, zinc phosphate, calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, and chromium phosphate.
In the invention, the mass ratio of the resorcinol to the methanol is (0.2-2.0): 1, more preferably (0.25 to 1.5): 1, and more preferably (0.5 to 1.5): 1.
in the present invention, the resorcinol and methanol are preferably passed through a metal phosphate stationary phase catalyst in the form of a mixture of resorcinol and methanol. In the invention, the total velocity of the resorcinol and the methanol passing through the stationary phase catalyst is preferably 0.1-2.0 mL/(g.h), and more preferably 0.2-1.5 mL/(g.h). In the present invention, the 0.1-2.0 mL/(g.h) means that the volume of the liquid phase mixture of resorcinol and methanol passing per gram of the catalyst per hour is 0.1-2.0 mL.
In the invention, the temperature of the alkylation reaction is preferably 200-400 ℃, and more preferably 230-300 ℃.
In the present invention, the alkylation reaction is preferably carried out under an inert atmosphere, preferably nitrogen and/or argon.
In the present invention, the alkylation reaction is preferably carried out in a fixed bed reactor, and the metal phosphate stationary phase catalyst is loaded in a fixed bed of the fixed bed reactor. In the present invention, the alkylation reaction specifically comprises:
mixing resorcinol and methanol to obtain a reaction solution;
and (3) under an inert atmosphere, heating the fixed bed to the alkylation reaction temperature, injecting a reaction solution, and carrying out alkylation reaction.
In the invention, the temperature of the fixed bed is preferably 200-400 ℃, and when the reaction liquid is close to the fixed bed, the reaction liquid is converted into a gaseous state and passes through the fixed bed loaded with the metal phosphate stationary phase catalyst in the form of the gaseous state. The invention preferably uses a constant flow pump to send the reaction liquid into a fixed bed reactor for reaction. In the present invention, the reaction liquid is preferably fed through a liquid feeding device, and the liquid mixed with the product and the reactant is collected at the end of the fixed bed.
In the present invention, the alkylation reaction is followed by a separation of the obtained 2-methylresorcinol and 4-methylresorcinol, the separation comprising:
and distilling, rectifying and fractionating the alkylation reaction solution to respectively obtain 2-methyl resorcinol and 4-methyl resorcinol.
In the present invention, since resorcinol and methanol pass through the stationary phase catalyst in a gaseous form, the resultant reactant does not need to be separated from the stationary phase catalyst.
The method for simultaneously preparing 2-methylresorcinol and 4-methylresorcinol according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the following examples, but they should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.
Example 1
In the embodiment, resorcinol and methanol are mixed according to a mass ratio of 1.5:1 to prepare a reaction solution, a lanthanum phosphate catalyst is placed in a fixed bed reactor, then the fixed bed reactor is heated to 260 ℃ under a nitrogen atmosphere, the reaction solution is fed into the fixed bed reactor by an advection pump according to a flow rate of 1.5mL of the reaction solution passing through each gram of the lanthanum phosphate catalyst per hour, so that the resorcinol and the methanol are subjected to alkylation reaction under the action of the lanthanum phosphate catalyst, and products of 2-methylresorcinol, 4-methylresorcinol and a byproduct of m-hydroxyanisole are collected after the reaction is finished. In this example, the conversion of the reactant resorcinol was 50%, the selectivity to 2-methylresorcinol was 35%, the selectivity to 4-methylresorcinol was 25%, the combined selectivity was 60%, the selectivity to the by-product m-hydroxyanisole was 28%, the selectivity to the m-xylylene ether was 5%, and the other by-products were about 7%. The 2-methyl resorcinol, the 4-methyl resorcinol, the m-hydroxy anisole, the m-phenyl dimethyl ether and the like obtained by the reaction are important intermediates for fine chemical engineering, organic chemistry and drug synthesis, and have higher economic benefit.
Wherein: the calculation method of the resorcinol conversion rate and the product selectivity comprises the following steps:
the resorcinol is taken as a reference substance, and is calculated by a normalization method, which comprises the following steps:
C=(f1A1+f2A2+f3A3+f4A4++f5A5)/(f1A1+f2A2+f3A3+f4A4++f5A5+A)
Sn=fnAn/(f1A1+f2A2+f3A3+f4A4++f5A5)
Yn=C×Sn;
wherein, C: conversion of Resorcinol
Sn: product n selectivity
Yn: yield of product n
f1: correction factor for m-hydroxyanisole
f2: correction factor for m-dimethoxy benzene
f3: 2-methylresorcinol correction factor
f4: 4-methylresorcinol correction factor
f5: other by-product correction factors
A1: peak area of m-hydroxyanisole
A2: area of m-dimethoxy benzene peak
A3: 2-MethylResorcinol Peak area
A4: 4-MethylResorcinol Peak area
A5: total area of other by-product peaks
A: resorcinol peak area.
Example 2
In the embodiment, resorcinol and methanol are mixed according to the mass ratio of 1:1 to prepare a reaction solution, a magnesium phosphate catalyst is placed in a fixed bed reactor, then the fixed bed reactor is heated to 230 ℃ under the argon atmosphere, the reaction solution is fed into the fixed bed reactor by an advection pump according to the flow rate of 1mL of the reaction solution passing through each gram of the magnesium phosphate catalyst per hour, so that the resorcinol and the methanol are subjected to alkylation reaction under the action of the magnesium phosphate catalyst, and the product is collected after the reaction is finished. In this example, the conversion of the reactant resorcinol was 58%, the selectivity to 2-methylresorcinol was 33%, the selectivity to 4-methylresorcinol was 23%, the combined selectivity was 56%, the selectivity to the by-product m-hydroxyanisole was 32%, the selectivity to the m-xylylene ether was 4%, and the other by-products were about 8%. The 2-methyl resorcinol, the 4-methyl resorcinol and the byproduct m-hydroxyanisole obtained by the reaction are important intermediates for fine chemical engineering, organic chemistry and drug synthesis, and have higher economic benefit.
Example 3
The difference from example 2 is that the reaction temperature is 350 ℃. The test shows that the conversion rate of the reactant resorcinol is 86%, the selectivity of 2-methyl resorcinol is 24%, the selectivity of 4-methyl resorcinol is 18%, the combined selectivity of the two is 42%, the selectivity of the byproduct m-hydroxyanisole is 40%, the selectivity of the m-anisole is 8%, and the selectivity of other byproducts is about 10%.
Example 4
The difference from example 2 is that the catalyst is a lanthanum phosphate catalyst. The conversion of the reactant resorcinol was tested to be 68%, the selectivity to 2-methylresorcinol was 34%, the selectivity to 4-methylresorcinol was 39%, the combined selectivity was 73%, the selectivity to the by-product m-hydroxyanisole was 20%, the selectivity to m-xylylene ether was 2%, and the other by-products were about 5%.
Example 5
The difference from example 2 is that 0.1mL of the reaction solution was passed per gram of the magnesium phosphate catalyst per hour. The conversion of the reactant resorcinol was found to be 87%, the selectivity to 2-methylresorcinol was found to be 21%, the selectivity to 4-methylresorcinol was found to be 23%, the combined selectivity was found to be 44%, the selectivity to the by-product m-hydroxyanisole was found to be 37%, the selectivity to m-xylylene ether was found to be 9%, and the other by-products were found to be about 10%.
Example 6
The difference from example 2 is that the mass ratio of resorcinol to methanol is 0.2: 1. the conversion of the reactant resorcinol was 69%, the selectivity to 2-methylresorcinol was 28%, the selectivity to 4-methylresorcinol was 21%, the combined selectivity was 49%, the selectivity to the by-product m-hydroxyanisole was 40%, the selectivity to m-xylylene ether was 5%, and the other by-products were about 6%.
Example 7
The difference from the example 2 is that the mass ratio of the resorcinol to the methanol is 2: 1. the test shows that the conversion rate of the reactant resorcinol is 46%, the selectivity of 2-methyl resorcinol is 38%, the selectivity of 4-methyl resorcinol is 40%, the combined selectivity of the two is 78%, the selectivity of the byproduct m-hydroxyanisole is 13%, the selectivity of m-anisole is 5%, and the selectivity of other byproducts is about 4%.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.