US3876692A - Process for the isomerization of cis-isomeric hexadienoic acids - Google Patents

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US3876692A
US3876692A US331485A US33148573A US3876692A US 3876692 A US3876692 A US 3876692A US 331485 A US331485 A US 331485A US 33148573 A US33148573 A US 33148573A US 3876692 A US3876692 A US 3876692A
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  • the present invention relates to the isomerization of cis-isomeric hexadienoic acids.
  • a process is already known wherein the cis-isomeric hexadienoic acids are treated with sulfur or such sulfur compounds from which free sulfur is obtained under the reaction conditions and/or hydrogen chloride at temperatures of from 20 to 300C. preferably from 100 to 220C.
  • the applicability of this process is impaired by an unavoidable formation of volatile. unpleasantly smelling compounds. which contain sulfur and which contaminate the sorbic acid and by the known corrosion problems arising with the use of the hydrogen chloride.
  • the present invention relates to a process for isomerization of cis-isomeric hexadienoic acids to sorbic acid wherein the isomerization is carried out catalytically in the presence of complex compounds of the platinum metals in their various valence stages. preferably palladium in the elementary and bivalent stage.
  • the free cis-isomeric hexadienoic acids can be isomerized. on the other hand. with these complex compounds in homogeneous and heterogeneous liquid phase and likewise in the gas phase.
  • platinum metals are suitable the precious metals platinum. palladium. rhodium. iridium. ruthenium and osmium. which are closely related from the chemical point of view.
  • palladium is preferred for reasons of price and of catalytic effectiveness.
  • the precious metal complex used as catalyst contains preferably at least one neutral complex ligand containing an element of the groups Vb and Vlb of the Periodic System and having a free pair of electrons available as donator, preferably phosphorous.
  • Neutral. complex forming ligands of this type are for examplezmonoalkylor monoaryl-, dialkyl-, trialkyl-amines. ethers. phosphines. arsines. stibines. mercaptans. sulfoxides, phosphites. arsenites. stibinites or pyridine.
  • Further ligands may be: nitriles. keto-enolates or Schiff bases of ketoenolates. carboxylates. halides or metal salts.
  • trialkylor triarylphosphine complexes of palladium in the elementary and bivalent stage are preferred, as for example tetrakis(triphenyl-phosphine)-palladium, (maleic anhydride)-bis-(triphenylphosphine)-palladium. bis(triphenyl-phosphine)-palladium chloride or other salts of bis(triphenyl-phosphine)-palladium. such as the acetate. acetonylacetate or hexadiene-2.4-oate-l.
  • the complex compounds used according to the invention can be added as such to the reaction mixture; they can however also be prepared in situ by adding the complex forming components.
  • the complex forming components such as for example palladium(ll)-acetate and triphenyl-phosphine to the reaction mixture at the same time or in separate stages.
  • a further possibility is to apply the platinum metal on which the complex is based. for example palladium in metallic form or in the form ofa compound. on an inert carrier and to add the complex forming ligands together with the mixture to be isomerized.
  • reaction temperatures in question for the isomerization can differ in a wide range and are not critical for the process of the invention. In general. the process is carried out at a temperature of between 20 and 300C. preferably between 50 and 250C. but isomerization also takes place outside these temperature regions.
  • the product to be isomerized which may contain, besides the cis-cis. cis-transand/or trans-cishexadienoic acids.
  • sorbic acid and optionally inert solvents or diluents. is treated with the catalyst which is dissolved. suspended or supported on a carrier.
  • the sorbic acid obtained is. separated expediently by crystallization from the reaction mixture optionally after separation from the catalyst.
  • other processes of separation can also be used. for example extraction or absorption.
  • the separated catalyst can also be used again as such or as solution in the mother liquor.
  • the mixture to be isomerized is passed over the catalyst in the gaseous condition.
  • an inert diluent such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide.
  • the isomerization is carried out preferably in diminished pressure of between 0.1 and mm Hg on account of the high boiling point of the hexadienoic acids. After condensation the crystalline sorbic acid is separated in the usual way.
  • the component containing the platinum metal can also be supported alone on the carrier. for example palladium chloride. and the complex forming ligands can be added with the product to be isomerized regularly or periodically.
  • a further preferred method of technical importance is to pass the distillate. obtained during the thermal splitting of ketene-crotonic aldehyde polyester in the presence of an entrainer. over the supported catalyst containing the complex compounds in the gaseous condition before condensation.
  • EXAMPLE 1 100 Grams of a hexadienoic acid mixture. which consisted of 18.5% sorbic acid and 81.5% cis-isomers. were mixed with 2 g of palladium bis-acetyl-acetonate and 3.5 g of triphenyl phosphine and heated while stirring for minutes at 100C. 98% of the cis-isomers were converted into sorbic acid.
  • EXAMPLE 2 100-Grams of hexadienoic acid mixture of the composition specified in Example 1 were heated with 1.5 g of platinum-ll-chloride and 3 g of triphenyl phosphine for minutes at 100 to l 10C. Over 95% of the cisisomers were converted into sorbic acid.
  • EXAMPLE 3 100 Grams of hexadienoic acid mixture of the composition specified in Example 1 were heated for 15 minutes at 100C after adding 1.0 g of ruthenium-11lchloride hydrate and 2.5 g of triphenyl phosphine. 96% of the cis-isomers were converted into sorbic acid.
  • EXAMPLE 4 The process carried out in Example 1. however, instead of 2 g of palladium-bis-acetylacetonate 1.8 g of rhodium-triacetate were added to the reaction mixture. 90% of the cis-isomers present were converted into sorbic acid.
  • EXAMPLE 5 100 Grams of hexadienoic acid mixture of the composition specified in Example l were heated for minutes at 100C with 1.5 g of iridium acetate. the iridium content of which was 47.3%, and 2.0 g of triphenyl phosphine. 82% of the cis-isomers were converted into sorbic acid.
  • EXAMPLE 6 100 Grams of a solution of 1 1% sorbic acid and 32% cis-isomeric hexadienoic acids in triethyleneglycol diethylether were heated for 30 minutes at 100 to 105C in the presence of 1.0 g of palladium acetate and 2.5 g of triphenyl phosphine. After this treatment the reaction mixture contained over sorbic acid.
  • EXAMPLE 7 100 Grams of a solution of the composition specified in Example 6 were heated while stirring for 30 minutes at 100C with 1.0 g of palladium acetate and 1.5 g of trimethyl arsine. After this treatment, the reaction mixture contained less than 1.5% of cis-isomeric hexadienoic acids.
  • EXAMPLE 8 The process was carried out as in Example 6, however. instead of 2.5 g of triphenyl phosphine, 3.5 g of triphenyl stibine were added to the reaction mixture. 86% of the isomeric hexadienoic acids were converted into sorbic acid.
  • EXAMPLE 9 100 Grams of a solution of the composition specified in Example 6 were heated while stirring for 30 minutes at 110C with 1.0 g of palladium acetate and 0.7 g of thiourea. After this treatment less than 2.3% cisisomeric hexadienoic acids remained in the reaction mixture.
  • EXAMPLE 10 verted into sorbic acid.
  • EXAMPLE 1 1 250 Milliliters of a catalyst. which contained 2% palladium metal on granular silicic acid carrier, were filled into a reaction tube with heated jacket. 500 Grams of a solution of 10% sorbic acid. 42% cis-isomeric hexadienoic acid and 1.5% triphenyl phosphine in toluene were passed upwardly over the catalyst at a temperature of to C. The product taken off at the upper end of the reaction tube contained less than 0.5% cis-isomers. After cooling to 10C and separating the crystallized sorbic acid the mother liquor was used again for the preparation of further starting solution of the composition specified above and used again in the further course of the experiment. After 450 hours of operation the conversion was still unaltered.
  • EXAMPLE 12 1000 Grams of a vaporous mixture. which was obtained during the thermal splitting of a ketene-crotonic aldehyde polyester in the presence of alkaline catalysts according to the process of German Pat. No. 1.282.645, and which contained 15% sorbic acid. 5% cis-isomeric hexadienoic acids and 75% triethyleneglycol diethyl-ether, were passed per hour at 20 mm Hg and C over 1 liter of a catalyst containing 8.5% palladium acetate and 12% triphenyl phosphine on a basic ion exchanger. After the condensation of the vapors the condensate contained only 1.5% cis-isomeric hexadienoic acids. The crystallized sorbic acid was separated and the mother liquor was used again in the thermal splitting of the polyester.
  • a process for the isomerization of cis-isomeric hexadienoic acids to sorbic acid comprising isomerizing said hexadienoic acid catalytically at a temperature between 20 and 300C in the presence of a complex compound of a platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium wherein the platinum group metal complex contains at least one neutral complex forming ligand with an element of groups Vb and Vlb, said ligands being monoalkyl-, dialkylor trialkyl-amines, triethyleneglycol diethylether, trialkylphosphines, tri-phenylphosphine, trimethylarsine, triphenylstibine, thiourea and pyridine.
  • a platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium

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