Disclosure of Invention
Theoretically, the ketone (aldehyde) condensation can be catalyzed by an acid. For example, the technology for producing methyl isobutyl ketone by condensation and hydrogenation of acetone adopts sulfonic acid resin, and has good effect. However, the ketone-aldehyde condensation is not suitable if a sulfonic acid resin is used. Since both ketone and aldehyde are easily activated by the catalysis of sulfonic acid resin, the respective ketone-ketone condensation and aldehyde condensation reaction easily occurs, and thus, the ketone-aldehyde condensation product has low selectivity.
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a novel method for synthesizing methyl isoamyl ketone from acetone and isobutyraldehyde.
The method for synthesizing methyl isoamyl ketone by acetone and isobutyraldehyde comprises the following steps:
(1) mixing acetone and isobutyraldehyde, and then carrying out condensation dehydration reaction in a reactor containing a phosphonic acid resin catalyst under the condition of ketone-aldehyde condensation process;
(2) directly mixing the reaction effluent obtained in the step (1) without separation (optional separation) with hydrogen, and then, passing the mixture through a reactor containing a hydrogenation catalyst to carry out hydrogenation under the hydrogenation reaction condition;
(3) and (3) separating the hydrogenation reaction effluent obtained in the step (2) to obtain methyl isoamyl ketone.
Further, the water content (ratio) of the phosphonic acid resin catalyst is generally 35-65 wt%. The total acid of the catalyst was (90 ℃, NH)3TPD determination) 1.0-4.0 mmol/g; acid distribution (NH)3TPD assay): 2 to 20 percent at the temperature of 90 to 110 ℃; 3 to 30 percent at the temperature of 110 to 120 ℃; 5 to 50 percent of the temperature of 120 to 140 ℃;>40 to 90 percent at 140 ℃.
Furthermore, the water content (rate) of the phosphonic acid resin catalyst is 40-60 wt%; total acid (90 ℃, NH)3TPD measurement) 1.5 to 3.0mmol/g, acid distribution (NH)3TPD assay) was: 4 to 9 percent at the temperature of 90 to 110 ℃; 4 to 15 percent at the temperature of 110 to 120 ℃; 6 to 30 percent at the temperature of 120 to 140 ℃;>50 to 90 percent at 140 ℃.
Furthermore, the specific surface area of the phosphonic acid resin catalyst is generally 8-15 m2The specific pore volume is 0.01-0.04 mL/g, and the average pore diameter is 60-140 ANG; preferably: the specific surface area is 10-13 m2And/g, the average pore diameter is 80-110A, and the pore volume is 0.02-0.03 mL/g.
The phosphonic acid resin catalyst can be prepared by a conventional method in the field. A typical preparation method is as follows: polystyrene resin is selected as a supporter, phosphorus trichloride reacts with a Friedel-crafts catalyst, and anhydrous aluminum trichloride is selected as the Friedel-crafts catalyst. After the reaction, alkali is used for hydrolysis, and nitric acid and the like are used for oxidation to obtain the phosphonic acid resin.
Further, the ketone-aldehyde condensation process conditions in the step (1) are as follows: the reaction pressure is 2.0MPa to 6.0MPa, preferably 2.5MPa to 4.0 MPa; the inlet temperature is 80-150 ℃, preferably 80-140 ℃, and the total volume space velocity of acetone and isobutyraldehyde is 0.1h-1~5.0h-1Preferably 0.5h-1~4.0h-1(ii) a The molar ratio of acetone to isobutyraldehyde is 0.5:1 to 4:1, preferably 1:1 to 3: 1.
Go toThe hydrogenation catalyst is selected from conventional hydrogenation catalysts and can be divided into noble metal catalysts and non-noble metal catalysts. The support is generally selected from Al2O3Containing SiO2Al of (2)2O3、TiO2Molecular sieve-containing Al2O3And activated carbon. The non-noble metal catalyst is one or more of W, Mo, Ni and Co, and the non-noble metal is preferably Ni catalyst. The noble metal typically comprises one or more of Pt, Pd and Re, with Pd catalysts being preferred. The content of the noble metal is generally 0.1 to 1.0 percent by weight calculated by metal; the content of the non-noble metal component is generally 5.0 wt% -42.0 wt%.
Further, the hydrogenation process conditions in the step (2) are as follows: the reaction pressure is 1.0MPa to 8.0MPa, preferably 2.0MPa to 6.0 MPa; the reaction temperature is 40-180 ℃, preferably 50-140 ℃; volume space velocity of 0.5h-1~4.0 h-1Preferably 0.5h-1~2.0 h-1(ii) a The volume ratio of the hydrogen liquid is 100 to 500, preferably 200 to 400.
Further, the separation in step (3) generally includes gas-liquid separation and fractionation. And (3) carrying out gas-liquid separation on the hydrogenation reaction effluent, separating hydrogen from the reaction liquid, and fractionating the obtained reaction liquid to obtain an MIAK product. The fractionation process may employ a rectification operation well known in the art. The hydrogen can be recycled. And (3) separating the excessively hydrogenated alkane from the reaction liquid by a light component tower, sequentially separating water, acetone, isobutyraldehyde and methyl isobutyl ketone, and finally obtaining MIAK at the top of the product tower and heavy components at the bottom of the tower.
Further, the reactor may be in any reactor form, such as a fluidized bed, an ebullating bed, a moving bed, or a fixed bed reactor, preferably a fixed bed reactor.
The current method for synthesizing MIAK is a kettle type batch method, which is completed by two steps: the first step of synthesizing 5-methyl-3-alkene-2-hexanone uses acid or alkali as catalyst. The second step is to carry out olefin hydrogenation saturation on the ketene generated in the first step, and a conventional hydrogenation catalyst is adopted. Theoretically, the ketone (aldehyde) condensation can be catalyzed by an acid. For example, the technique for producing methyl isobutyl ketone by condensation and hydrogenation of acetone adopts sulfonic acid resin, and has good effect. However, the ketone-aldehyde condensation is not suitable if a sulfonic acid resin is used, and industrialization is difficult to realize due to low selectivity of the ketone-aldehyde condensation product. In the first step, sulfonic acid type resin catalyst is usually selected for acid catalysis, and both ketone and aldehyde are easy to be activated, so that when the catalyst is used for ketone aldehyde condensation, a large amount of self-condensation reaction of acetone and self-condensation reaction of isobutyraldehyde and isobutyraldehyde can easily occur. The amount of by-products generated in the condensation reaction of ketone and aldehyde is large, and the selectivity of the target product is not high. The method is difficult to industrialize due to poor economy. Aiming at the problems, the invention is based on the research on the principle of ketone-aldehyde condensation reaction, selects a special resin, namely phosphonic acid resin, carries out ketone-aldehyde condensation reaction on a phosphonic acid resin catalyst, then carries out hydrogenation, and synthesizes MIAK through two-step reaction.
Wherein, a phosphonic acid type resin catalyst is selected in the first step of condensation dehydration reaction, and the reaction formula is shown as formula (1):
in the second hydrogenation step, a conventional Pd-based or Ni-based hydrogenation catalyst is selected, and the reaction formula is shown as formula (2):
the research of the inventor of the application finds that the selectivity of the ketone-aldehyde condensation product is unexpectedly and greatly improved by adopting the phosphonic acid type resin catalyst, the generation of byproducts of the ketone-ketone condensation and aldehyde condensation reaction is greatly reduced, and the economic efficiency is higher.
Compared with the prior art, the method for synthesizing methyl isoamyl ketone by the two-step method has the following beneficial effects:
1. in the process of synthesizing MIAK, the first step of condensation dehydration reaction adopts a phosphonic acid type resin catalyst, the resin catalyst reduces the byproducts of the ketone condensation reaction and the aldehyde condensation reaction, and the selectivity of 5-methyl-3-alkene-2-hexanone is obviously improved. This is because, when a sulfonic resin is used as a catalyst: acetone is protonated by carbonyl first and then forms an enol-type structure as shown in a formula (3); at the same time, isobutyraldehyde is protonated by carbonyl group and then forms enol structure, as shown in formula (4). In this case, a condensation product of acetone itself with isobutyraldehyde itself is produced in a large amount, which in turn leads to a decrease in the selectivity for MIAK. The MIAK is generated by the addition reaction of an enol structure of acetone and isobutyraldehyde, as shown in formula (5). After the phosphonic acid type resin catalyst is adopted, the effect of activating acetone by the phosphonic acid resin is obviously lower than that of activating acetone by the sulfonic acid resin catalyst, and isobutyraldehyde is easily activated by the phosphonic acid resin into a carbonyl protonation form, so that the selectivity of 5-methyl-3-alkene-2-hexanone can be greatly improved, and more MIAK products can be obtained by hydrogenation.
2. The inventor of the present application found through research that phosphonic acid resin is easy to form hydrogen bond with isobutyraldehyde with a larger structure. After hydrogen bonds are formed, due to steric effect and repulsion, the other isobutyraldehyde is difficult to approach the acid center or the adjacent acid center, acetone is easier to be activated on the adjacent acid center, the probability of alternately activating the acetone and the isobutyraldehyde is increased, so that the selectivity of the 5-methyl-3-alkene-2-hexanone is greatly improved, and more MIAK products can be obtained through hydrogenation.
Detailed Description
The method of the invention is described in more detail below with reference to the figures and specific examples.
As shown in fig. 1, the method for synthesizing methyl isoamyl ketone of the present invention comprises: respectively pumping raw materials of acetone 1 and butyraldehyde 2 into a condensation dehydration reactor 3, feeding reaction liquid into a hydrogenation reactor 5 after condensation dehydration, simultaneously feeding fresh hydrogen 4 and circulating hydrogen 7 into the hydrogenation reactor 5 by a hydrogen compressor, feeding the reaction liquid into a gas-liquid separator 6 after full reaction, obtaining the circulating hydrogen 7 at the upper part of the gas-liquid separator after gas-liquid separation, and obtaining reaction liquid 8 after hydrogenation at the lower part of the gas-liquid separator.
Examples 1 to 5
The physical properties of the phosphonic acid resin catalyst used in the first step are shown in Table 1, the physical properties of the hydrogenation catalyst used in the second step are shown in Table 2, and the reaction conditions and the reaction results are shown in tables 3 to 4.
Table 1 phosphonic acid resin catalyst properties.
Table 2 hydrogenation catalyst physicochemical properties.
The conversion rate and selectivity in the examples and comparative examples were calculated as follows:
acetone molar conversion = (moles of acetone in starting material-moles of acetone in product)/moles of acetone in starting material;
isobutyraldehyde molar conversion = (number of moles of isobutyraldehyde in raw material-number of moles of isobutyraldehyde in product)/number of moles of isobutyraldehyde in raw material;
4-methyl-3-penten-2-one molar selectivity = (moles of 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one in product x 2)/(moles of acetone in feed-moles of acetone in product + moles of isobutyraldehyde in feed-moles of isobutyraldehyde in product);
5-methyl-3-en-2-hexanone molar selectivity = (moles of 5-methyl-3-en-2-hexanone in product x 2)/(moles of acetone in starting material-moles of acetone in product + moles of isobutyraldehyde in starting material-moles of isobutyraldehyde in product/h);
4-methyl-3-penten-2-one molar conversion = (moles of 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one in feed-moles of 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one remaining in product)/moles of 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one in feed;
5-methyl-3-en-2-hexanone molar conversion = (moles of 5-methyl-3-en-2-hexanone in feed-moles of 5-methyl-3-en-2-hexanone remaining in product)/moles of 5-methyl-3-en-2-hexanone in feed;
MIBK molar selectivity = (moles of MIBK in product x 2)/(moles of 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one in starting material-moles of 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one remaining in product);
MIAK molar selectivity = (moles of MIAK in product x 2)/(moles of 5-methyl-3-en-2-hexanone in starting material-moles of 5-methyl-3-en-2-hexanone remaining in product).
Table 3 reaction conditions and reaction results.
Table 4 reaction conditions and results.
Comparative examples 1 to 5
The resin catalyst used in the comparative examples was a sulfonic acid resin, and the physical and chemical properties thereof are shown in Table 5. The hydrogenation catalyst used was the same as in the examples, and the physicochemical properties are shown in Table 2. The reaction conditions of the comparative examples were the same as those of the examples, and the specific reaction conditions and results are shown in tables 6 to 7.
Table 5 sulfonic acid resin catalyst properties.
Table 6 comparative example reaction conditions and reaction results.
Table 7 comparative example reaction conditions and reaction results.
Under the same process conditions, the results of the examples and the comparative examples show that the MIAK is synthesized by adopting the two-step method, and the method can reduce the selectivity of the MIBK and greatly improve the selectivity of the target product MIAK.