MXPA96006713A - Process for the removal or elimination of an alkaline metal compound of a polimer cement - Google Patents

Process for the removal or elimination of an alkaline metal compound of a polimer cement

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MXPA96006713A
MXPA96006713A MXPA/A/1996/006713A MX9606713A MXPA96006713A MX PA96006713 A MXPA96006713 A MX PA96006713A MX 9606713 A MX9606713 A MX 9606713A MX PA96006713 A MXPA96006713 A MX PA96006713A
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metal compound
alkali metal
cement
lithium
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Diaz Zaida
David Wilkey John
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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij Bv
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The present invention provides a process for removing an alkali metal compound from a polymeric cement, comprising: i) washing the polymer cement with a weak acid to remove the alkali metal compound from the polymeric cement, II) removing the alkali metal compound from the acid and iii) recycle the acid to wash more polymer cement

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PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OR ELIMINATION OF AN ALKALINE METAL COMPOUND OF A POLYMERIC CEMENT FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a process for removing an alkali metal compound from a polymer cement. More specifically, the present invention relates to a process for removing an alkali metal compound from a functionalized low viscosity polymer cement.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Acids are frequently used to remove catalytic residues and alkali metal compounds from polymeric cements. Strong acids such as sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid are particularly effective in the washing of hydrogenation catalyst residues (nickel and aluminum) and alkali metal compounds (lithium) from polymeric cements. If it is desired to recycle or recirculate the acids, the ion exchange is used, but it has been found that it is very difficult to remove the lithium from the acids since most of the ion exchange resins have a very low selectivity to remove the lithium. The process is even less effective if the washing step REF: 23810 requires the use of a concentrated acid. Surprisingly, it has now been found that the selectivity of ion exchange processes for the removal of lithium from an acid can be improved when a weak acid such as citric acid or acetic acid is used in the wash step, instead of a strong acid.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention relates to a process for removing an alkali metal compound from a polymeric cement, comprising: 1) washing the polymeric cement with a weak acid to remove the alkali metal compound from the polymer cement; ii) remove the alkali metal compound from the acid; and iii) recycling or recirculating the acid to wash more polymeric cement. It should be noted that in the context of the present invention a weak acid is defined as an acid having a pKa greater than 3. Suitably, the weak acid has a pKa of less than 6. Preferably, the weak acid is selected from the group consisting of of citric acid and acetic acid. A further improvement is established when in step ii) the weak acid is contacted with a first functional ion exchange resin to remove the nickel and aluminum compounds from the acid; and the acid thus obtained is then contacted with a second functional ion exchange resin to remove the alkali metal compound from the acid. The second ion exchange resin is more selective for removing the alkali metal compound from the acid than the first ion exchange resin is. Suitably, use is made of a weak acid solution. It has also been found that several ion exchange resins have a higher selectivity to remove lithium than that of other resins. These are AMBERLYST 35 and AMBERLYST 15, (trademarks of Rohm and Haas for strong acid resins, form H +), and BAYER 0C 1501, (a trademark of Miles for a strong acid resin, form H +). It has been found that the removal of lithium from an acid solution is improved in a process where nickel and aluminum are first removed on a resin such as AMBERLITE 200C (a registered trademark of Rohm and Haas for a strong acid resin) and the The lithium is then removed in one of the second ion exchange resins which have a higher selectivity to remove the lithium. The present invention is particularly applicable for low viscosity functionalized polymer cements (described hereinafter) and relates in particular to the removal of lithium after hydrogenation. The polymerization process suitably uses a lithium initiator, which is preferably a protected functional initiator (PFI). PFI diols contain one mole of lithium per mole of polymer, and the termination step produces a lithium salt. The presence of the lithium salt can affect the operation of the hydrogenation, although the magnitude of this impact is still not fully understood. In cases where the operation of hydrogenation is acceptable, the lithium salt can be removed after hydrogenation in the same step used to remove the hydrogenation catalyst, which contains nickel and aluminum. As mentioned hereinabove, the removal of the lithium salts from the polymer cement after the hydrogenation can be effected by washing the cement with a weak acid such as citric acid or acetic acid. This transfers the cations to the acid solution, which must then be treated to remove the salts before recycling. AMBERLYST 35 resin is preferred and has a higher capacity and selectivity towards lithium than AMBERLITE 200C resin. A two-bed configuration, in which a bed of AMBERLITE 200C is followed by a bed of AMBERLYST 35, achieves the best combination or compromise between the selectivity, capacity, and regenerability of the resin in a fixed-bed process. The process is run or operated preferably at a temperature within the range of 21 to 77 ° C, preferably in the range of 50 to 65 ° C. The acid is preferably citric acid in a concentration of 0.2 to 40% by weight or acetic acid in a concentration of 0.2 to 40% by weight, and the lithium salt at a concentration of 0.005 to 5% by weight. The process is carried out preferably at a rate of 2 bed volumes per hour. Any alkali metal compound commonly found in a polymeric cement when an alkali metal compound is used as the catalyst or initiator can be removed from the polymer cement. These include alkali metal hydrides, alkali metal alkoxides and alkali metal hydroxides. It will be understood that a polymer cement is the polymer solution resulting from a polymerization reaction and usually comprises the components such as the polymer formed, the organic solvent (s), the unconverted monomer and the initiator of the polymer. polymerization, residues of the hydrogenation catalyst, etc. Functionalized low viscosity polymer cements can be made by anionic polymerization of the conjugated dienes hydrocarbons with lithium initiators as is well known (see for example US Patent Nos. 4,039,503 and Re. 27,145 the descriptions of which are incorporated herein by reference). reference Polymerization begins with a monolithium, dilithium, or polylithium initiator which builds a living polymeric skeleton at each lithium site Typical polymeric living structures containing polymerized conjugated diene hydrocarbons are: XB Li XAB Li XABA Li Li BYB Li Li ABYBA Li wherein B represents the polymerized units of one or more conjugated diene hydrocarbons such as butadiene or isoprene A represents the polymerized units of one or more vinyl aromatic compounds such as styrene. X is the residue of a monolithium initiator such as sec-butyllithium, and Y e s the residue of a dilithium initiator such as the diacid of sec-butyllithium and m-diisopropenylbenzene. Some structures, including those belonging to polylithium initiators or the random units of styrene and a conjugated diene, generally have a limited practical utility although known in the art. The anionic polymerization of the conjugated diene hydrocarbons is typically controlled with structure modifiers such as diethyl ether or glyme (1,2-diethoxyethane) to obtain the desired amount of 1,4 addition. As described in Re 27,145, the level of the 1,2-addition of a butadiene polymer or copolymer can greatly affect the elastomeric properties after hydrogenation. The initiation of the dilithium with the sec-butyllithium (s BuLi) duct and the midopropenylbenzene also requires the presence of a non-reactive coordinating agent such as diethyl ether, the glyme, or the triethyl amine, otherwise the initiation of the monolithium is achieved. The ether is typically present during the anionic polymerization as described above, and the amount of the ether typically necessary to obtain the specific polymer structures has been sufficient to provide initiation of the dilithium. Alternatively, the anionic polymerization of the conjugated dienes can be effected using protected functional initiators (PFIs) such as those described for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,391,663 and 5,146,168, which are incorporated herein by reference. Anionic polymerization is often terminated by the addition of water to remove lithium as lithium hydroxide (LiOH) or by the addition of an alcohol (ROH) to remove lithium as a lithium alkoxide (LiOR). For polymers having terminal functional groups, the living or active polymer chains are preferably terminated with hydroxyl, carboxyl, phenol, epoxy or amine groups by the reaction with ethylene oxide, carbon dioxide, a protected hydroxystyrene monomer, ethylene oxide. more epichlorohydrin, or the amine compounds listed in US Pat. No. 4,791,174, respectively. The termination of living or active anionic polymers to form functional end groups is described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,417,029, 4,518,753 and 4,753,991 which are incorporated herein by reference. Of particular interest for the present invention are terminal hydroxyl, carboxyl, phenol, epoxy and amine groups. Such polymers with number average molecular weights between 1000 and 20,000, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, are low viscosity functionalized polymers.
The hydrogenation of at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, of the unsaturation in the low molecular weight butadiene polymers is achieved with the nickel catalysts as described for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 27,145 and 4,970,254, the latter also being incorporated herein by reference. The preferred nickel catalyst is a mixture of nickel 2-ethylhexanoate and triethylaluminum. It is preferable to remove the nickel catalyst after hydrogenation by stirring the polymer solution with the weak acid. The invention will now be illustrated by means of the following Examples.
EXAMPLES Example 1 Two column experiments were carried out to compare the effectiveness of lithium removal from two acids that have the same normal but different acid strengths. Phosphoric acid and citric acid were selected for this comparison. The levels of lithium, nickel and aluminum in both acids were similar. The conditions were also the same Process processes such as temperature, flow velocity, column dimensions, specific resin used, etc. In the experiment with 20% by weight phosphoric acid (2.2 N), lithium rupture or penetration occurred after 2 bed volumes (BV) of the acid had been treated. In the experiment with citric acid at 36% by weight (2.2 N), the rupture or penetration of lithium occurred at 16 bed volumes.
Example 2 Two column experiments were carried out with 20% by weight phosphoric acid containing 280 ppm Li and 100 ppm Ni and Al each. In the first experiment, a bed of 20 ce of AMBERLITE 200C was used. In the second experiment, the bed consisted of 10 ce of AMBERLITE 200C followed by 10cc of AMBERLYST 35. All other parameters such as flow rate, temperature, L / D of the bed, etc., were the same in both experiments The results obtained in these tests show that using the two resins in series increased the volume of the acid treated before the rupture or penetration of lithium from 2 bed volumes to 6 bed volumes.
Example 3 The selectivity towards the highest lithium of AMBERLYST 35, AMBERLYST 15, and BAYER OC 1501 was identified in the isothermal tests. The research experiments to select the best resins consisted of agitation tests to balance the resin or the adsorbent with a 2% by weight phosphoric acid solution containing 230 ppm lithium. The weight ratio of the acid to the adsorbent in these tests was 100: 1 and the temperature was 22 ° C. After equilibration, the residual lithium in the acid solution was determined by ion chromatography. From these results, the most effective materials for the removal of lithium were identified. The test included chelating resins, strong acid resins, a weak acid resin, a strong basic resin with and without the addition of loc chelating agents, an inorganic oxide, inorganic ion exchangers, several zeolites, alumina, activated carbon with acid, and activated carbon impregnated with a crowned ether. The results identified the AMBERLYST 35, BAYER 0C 1501, and AMBERLYST 15 as the most effective materials for the removal of lithium. It is not clear why these resins are particularly effective. It seems that one of the key factors is that these strong acid resins are in the H + form. But even among the strong acid resins in the H + form, there seem to be some differences in their effectiveness. It is suspected that these are due to differences in structure (eg, pore size) and / or strength of the acid.
It is noted that in relation to this date the best method known by the applicant to carry out the aforementioned invention, is that which is clear from the present description of the invention.
Having described the invention as above, priority is claimed as contained in the following

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R E I V I N D I C A C I O N S
1. A process for removing an alkali metal compound from a polymer cement, characterized in that it comprises: 1) washing the polymer cement with a weak acid to remove the alkali metal compound from the polymer cement; ii) remove the alkali metal compound from the acid; and iii) recycle the acid to wash more polymeric cement.
2. A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the alkali metal is lithium.
3. A process according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the alkali metal compound is removed from the acid by ion exchange.
4. A process according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the weak acid is selected from the group consisting of citric acid and acetic acid.
5. A process of compliance with any of the. claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the polymeric cement is a functionalized polymeric cement of low viscosity.
6. A process according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that in step ii) the weak acid is contacted with a first functional ion exchange resin to remove the nickel and aluminum compounds of the acid; and the acid thus obtained is then contained with a second functional ion exchange resin to remove the alkali metal compound from the acid.
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