WO2001096275A1 - Production of tertiary butyl acetate from mtbe - Google Patents
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- t-BuAc Tertiary butyl acetate
- HO Ac acid catalyzed acetoxylation of isobutylene with acetic acid
- the reaction mixture containing product t-butyl acetate, unreacted acetic acid, and isobutylene, and by-product isobutylene dimer plus any uncreated feed components, is typically fed to distillation columns for recovery of uncreated feed and the purification of the product t-butyl acetate.
- t-butyl acetate there are various factors affecting the production of t-butyl acetate, including but not limited to: operating conditions of the fractional column (e.g., temperature, point of feed, rate of feed, rate of withdrawal of product, etc), and, temperature of the reaction mixture as it is fed to the column.
- operating conditions of the fractional column e.g., temperature, point of feed, rate of feed, rate of withdrawal of product, etc
- the present invention provides an advantage in production of t-butyl acetate from readily available and lower cost Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (“MTBE”), or Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (“ETBE”), as a raw material, compared to the current use of higher cost isobutylene.
- MTBE Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
- ETBE Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
- the present inventive route also utilizes acetic anhydride production, and optionally, methyl acetate hydrolysis.
- SUMMARY Disclosed herein is a process for the production of t-butyl acetate and co-production of methyl acetate (MeAc), or ethyl acetate (EtAc), directly from MTBE, or ETBE, by contacting a mixture of acetic acid, acetic anhydride, and MTBE, or alternatively ETBE, with an acid catalyst.
- the catalyst may be a strongly acidic ion-exchange resin, such as a macroreticular type resin.
- reaction pressure is maintained at about 1 to 5 atmospheres and the reaction temperatures are in a range of from about 10 ° to 100 °C, with a preferred temperature range being about 40 ° to 70 °C.
- reaction conditions including pressures and temperatures, can be varied in accordance with optimal engineering design of the equipment, and operation of the process.
- reaction mixture containing t-butyl acetate t-BuAc
- MeAc MeAc
- EtAc EtAc
- Scheme 1 is a mechanistic scheme of the present invention.
- the typical and generally preferred route to t-BuAc is via a purified grade of isobutylene, for example, chemical grade isobutylene.
- isobutylene for example, chemical grade isobutylene.
- cost and availability of chemical grade isobutylene can be a problem due to the difficulty in separation of isobutylene from other close boiling point hydrocarbons.
- One method to obtain purified isobutylene is via acid catalyzed cracking of MTBE, followed by a relatively easy separation of the isobutylene from methanol (MeOH) and residual MTBE. This pure isobutylene can then be used in an acetoxylation reactor (see US 3,102,905).
- This present invention provides a direct route from commercially available, low cost MTBE to t-BuAc.
- the reaction is conducted with acid catalysis using acetic acid as a solvent and reactant by addition of acetic anhydride (Ac 2 O), and MTBE to produce t-BuAc with co- production of MeAc.
- the MeAc for example, can be purified for sales, hydrolyzed to methanol and acetic acid for recovery, or used as carbonylation feedstock for production of Ac 2 O.
- ETBE can be substituted for MTBE to co-produce t-BuAc and EtAc.
- t-BuOH Tertiary butyl alcohol
- DIB diisobutylene
- DIB in the reaction step of this inventive process is minimized by utilizing known control techniques that include: lowering the concentration of isobutylene in contact with the acid catalyst, low temperature operation, and by control of the catalyst activity.
- the reactions of MTBE and Ac 2 0 in acetic acid are acid catalyzed and can be run in either batch or continuous modes.
- Reactive distillation can be used to drive the desired reactions to completion by addition of Ac 2 O/HOAc at the top of the distillation or fractionation column, MTBE feed to the bottom of the column, with MeAc taken as the distillate and a mixture of HOAc and t-BuAc as the residue stream. Pure t-BuAc can be recovered from the reactive distillation column residue by fractional distillation.
- the reactive distillation overhead MeAc stream could, for example, be purified for sales, used for Ac 2 O production by carbonylation, or hydrolyzed to MeOH and HOAc; where the HOAc could be used in production of Ac 2 O.
- the preferred reactor for use of MTBE to produce t-BuAc is of plug-flow, fixed catalyst bed design.
- the heterogeneous acid catalyst can be chosen from a list of typical sources, e.g., zeolites, heteropoly acids, and strongly acidic ion-exchange resins (IER).
- the preferred heterogeneous catalyst is a macroreticular type strongly acidic ion-exchange resin, for example, Rohm and Haas A-36®. Purification of the crude t-BuAc reaction product involves fractional distillation.
- Peak catalyst bed temperatures were generally 10 °C higher than the preheat / coolant settings used in Examples I and II.
- the data listed in Tables I and II are for liquid reactor product taken at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature.
- the letters A and B represent reactants.
- Selectivity of A to B (Actual amount of B found in the product)/( Amount of B that could have theoretically been made from the amount of A that was converted) x 100%.
- a mixture containing 47.8 wt.% acetic acid, 28.9 wt.% Ac 2 O and 23.9% MTBE was preheated to a temperature of 40 °C and was fed at a rate of 1.85 g/minutes to an ion-exchange catalyst bed containing 6.08 g (8.61 cc) Rohm and Haas A-36® macroreticular ion-exchange resin
- the trickle bed reactor was jacketed and fed coolant at the same temperature as the preheat section, and was operated at atmospheric pressure.
- the reactor product was analyzed to contain 1.37% isobutylene, 15.24% methyl acetate, 0.52% t-butyl alcohol, 8.61% t-butyl acetate, 59.17% HOAc, 7.24% 2,4,4-trimethyl-l-pentene (dimer), 1.83% 2,4,4-trimethyl-2- ⁇ entene (dimer), and 4.33% total trimers and oligomers.
- the MTBE conversion was calculated to be 98.6% with a selectivity of 27.7% to the tertiary butyl acetate.
- This same feedstock was fed to the reactor at rates of 3.71 and 7.4 g/minute for Runs 17-2 and 17-4, respectively.
- the preheat/reactor coolant was lowered to 35 °C and the feed was decreased to 1.86 g/minute for Run 17-6.
- a mixture containing 47.1 wt.% acetic acid, 27.4wt.% acetic anhydride, and 25.2 wt.% MTBE was used in Runs 21-2, 21-4, and 21-6, which was approximately 10% (molar) less Ac 2 O usage than in other runs.
- Example 2 summarizes the various runs found in Table II.
- Dimer content from runs in Table II ranged from about 0.2 to 1 wt.%, while MTBE conversion ranged from about 69 to 94% conversion.
- the data illustrate the production of t-butyl acetate and methyl acetate from MTBE, acetic acid, and acetic anhydride.
- the reactants are readily available raw materials.
- the reaction proceeded with use of a strong acid catalyst.
- a range of conditions was demonstrated and a range of results was produced.
- a review of Tables I and II show that the key conversion, i.e., MTBE conversion, ranged from about 69% to about 99%.
- the key efficiency loss is the dimerization of isobutylene (formed as an intermediate in this process) to oligomers (dimers plus trimers). This inefficiency loss arose due to an irreversible loss of raw material, and it ranged from about 1%> to 40%.
- it is desirable to have low amounts of isobutylene and t-butyl alcohol in the reactor product it is envisioned that these two materials can both be recovered by standard techniques and returned to the reactor where they will produce t-butyl acetate using this process.
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