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• the present invention is directed toward methods for increasing the solubility of carboxylic acid-containing compounds within a variety of hydrocarbon solvents.
• Compounds including carboxylic acid functional groups generally have poor solubility in hydrocarbon solvents.
• hydrocarbon compounds including an aliphatic or arene moiety substituted with at least one acyl halide and at least one carboxylic acid functional group generally have solubilities below 0.02 weight percent in paraffinic solvents. Techniques for increasing the solubility of such compounds are desired. The resulting solutions would be useful in a variety of applications including the preparation of poly amides.
• the present invention includes a method for increasing the solubility of a hydrocarbon compound comprising an aliphatic or arene moiety substituted with at least one acyl halide and at least one carboxylic acid functional group within a hydrocarbon solvent, wherein the method comprises the step of preparing a solution comprising:
• Ri, R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from hydrogen and hydrocarbyl groups comprising from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, with the proviso that no more than one of Ri, R 2 and R 3 are hydrogen;
• concentration of the hydrocarbon compound is greater than its solubility limit within the solvent but less than its solubility limit in the solution.
• the hydrocarbon compounds of the present invention include an aliphatic or arene moiety including at least one (and preferably only one) carboxylic acid functional group and at least one acyl halide functional group and are hereinafter referred to as "carboxylic acid-containing compound," "hydrocarbon compound” or simply “compound.”
• the compound has a molecular weight less than 700, 600, 500, 400 or 300 Daltons.
• the compound comprises equal to or less than 30, 20, 15 or 12 carbon atoms, and preferably includes more than 3 carbon atoms.
• the compound comprises from 4 to 12 carbon atoms.
• Non-limiting examples of compounds based upon aliphatic moieties include: 4- chloro-4-oxobutanoic acid, 5-chloro-5-oxopentanoic acid, 6-chloro-6-oxohexanoic acid, 7-chloro-7- oxoheptanoic acid, 8-chloro-8-oxooctanoic acid, 9-chloro-9-oxononanoic acid, 10-chloro-lO- oxodecanoic acid, 11-chloro-l l-oxoundecanoic acid, 12-chloro-12-oxododecanoic acid; 3- (chlorocarbonyl)cyclobutanecarboxylic acid, 3-(chlorocarbonyl)cyclopentane carboxylic acid, 2,4- bis(chlorocarbonyl)cyclopentanecarboxylic acid, 3,5-bis(chlorocarbonyl) cyclohexanecarboxylic
• Non-limiting examples of compounds based upon arene moieties include: 4-(chlorocarbonyl) benzoic acid, 3,5-bis(chlorocarbonyl)benzoic acid, 7- (chlorocarbonyl)-2-naphthoic acid and 5,7-bis(chlorocarbonyl)-2 -naphthoic acid.
• Additional examples of applicable compounds include branched analogs of the preceding compounds along with analogs including additional acyl halide functional groups or carboxylic acid functional groups.
• the selection of hydrocarbon solvent is not particularly limited and combinations of multiple solvents may be used.
• the solvent is preferably a liquid at 20°C (101 kPa).
• the solvent preferably has a water solubility of less than 800 ppm (and more preferably less than 500, 400, 300, or 200, or in some embodiments, less than 150 ppm).
• water solubility refers to the concentration of water that is soluble in a chosen hydrocarbon solvent measured at 20°C (101 kPa) as measured by ASTM D4928-11.
• Non-limiting examples of applicable hydrocarbon solvents include: paraffins (e.g.
• isoparaffins e.g. ISOPARTM L
• aromatics e.g. benzene, 1 ,3,5-trimethylbenzene, toluene,
• halogenated hydrocarbons e.g. FREONTM series, chlorobenzene, di- and trichlorobenzene.
• Tri-hydrocarbyl phosphate compounds applicable in the present invention include those represented by Formula (I):
• OR 2 wherein "P” is phosphorous, “O” is oxygen and Ri, R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from hydrogen and hydrocarbyl groups comprising from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, with the proviso that no more than one of Ri, R 2 and R 3 are hydrogen. Ri, R 2 and R 3 are preferably independently selected from aliphatic and arene groups. Applicable aliphatic groups include both branched an unbranched species, e.g.
• alkyl groups having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms are preferred.
• Applicable arene groups include phenyl and napthyl groups.
• tri- hydrocarbyl phosphate compounds include: tripropyl phosphate, tributyl phosphate, tripentyl phosphate, trihexyl phosphate, triphenyl phosphate, propyl biphenyl phosphate, dibutyl phenyl phosphate, butyl diethyl phosphate, dibutyl hydrogen phosphate, butyl heptyl hydrogen phosphate and butyl heptyl hexyl phosphate.
• the solution may further include additional constituents including a polyfunctional acyl halide compound including an aliphatic or arene moiety substituted with a plurality of acyl halide functional groups.
• a polyfunctional acyl halide compound including an aliphatic or arene moiety substituted with a plurality of acyl halide functional groups.
• Non-limiting examples include: C 4 through Ci 2 alkanes (e.g. succinyl, glutamyl, adipoyl, heptanedioyl, octanedioyl, nonanedioyl, decanedioyl, undecanedioyl and dodecanedioyl di and tri chloride), cycloalkanes (e.g.
• cyclopropane tri carboxylic acid chloride cyclobutane tetra carboxylic acid chloride, cyclopentane tri carboxylic acid chloride, cyclopentane tetra carboxylic acid chloride, cyclohexane tri carboxylic acid chloride, tetrahydrofuran tetra carboxylic acid chloride, cyclopentane dicarboxylic acid chloride, cyclobutane dicarboxylic acid chloride, cyclohexane di carboxylic acid chloride, tetrahydrofuran dicarboxylic acid chloride, cyclohexane dichloride, cyclohexane-l,3,5-tricarbonyl trichloride, and decahydronaphthalene-2,6-dicarbonyl dichloride.
• Non- limiting examples of reactants based upon arene moieties include: terephthaloyl dichloride, isophthalic acid chloride, benzene-l,3,5-tricarbonyl trichloride and naphthalene-2,6-dicarbonyl dichloride. Additional examples of reactants include branched analogs of the preceding compounds along analogs including additional acyl halide functional groups.
• the aforementioned constituents are combined to form a solution comprising at least 80 v/v% hydrocarbon solvent, and in some embodiments at least 90 v/v , 92 v/v or 95 v/v hydrocarbon solvent.
• the hydrocarbon compound is provided a concentration of at least 0.01 wt , 0.02 wt , 0.03 wt , 0.04 wt , 0.05 wt , 0.06 wt% or O.lwt %.
• the solution comprises from 0.01 to 5 wt %, 0.02 to 2 wt %, 0.04 to 2 wt % or 0.05 to 2 wt of the hydrocarbon compound.
• the solutions comprises from 0.01 to 10 wt of the tri-hydrocarbyl phosphate compound.
• the aforementioned constituents may be combined and mixed within a reaction vessel at room temperature.
• the hydrocarbon compound has a solubility limit of less than 1 wt. % in the hydrocarbon solvent, and in some embodiments less than 0.1 wt.%, 0.05 wt%, 0.02 wt% and still others less than even 0.01 wt%. While not wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that the subject class of tri-hydrocarbyl phosphates increases the solubility of the subject hydrocarbon compounds within the hydrocarbon solvent (e.g. increase of at least 10%). Hydrocarbon-based solutions including relatively higher concentrations of the subject hydrocarbon compounds are useful in a variety of applications including coating operations to prepare polyamides.
• acyl halide and “acid halide” have the same meaning. While much of the description has focused upon acyl chlorides, non-chloride halides are also included.
• solubility limit refers to the point at which no additional amount of a constituent, (e.g. water, reaction product, hydrocarbon reactant) is miscible or dissolvable with the hydrocarbon solvent or solution, as measured at 20°C and 101 kPa. Unless otherwise stated, all solubility related parameters are determined at 20°C and 101 kPa.
• High purity mono-hydrolyzed polyfunctional acid chlorides can be obtained via a variety of routes, including for example, preparing a starter solution by combining a polyfunctional acid chloride (many of which are commercially available including for example, trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and isophthaloyl chloride (IPC)), trialkylphosphate (e.g. tributylphosphate(TBP) and trie thy lphosphate, (TEP)), and trace levels of water in 100 mL of non-polar solvent in quantities described as separate entries in the table below.
• TMC trimesoyl chloride
• IPC isophthaloyl chloride
• TMP trimesoyl chloride
• TBP isophthaloyl chloride
• TBP trie thy lphosphate
• trace levels of water 100 mL of non-polar solvent in quantities described as separate entries in the table below.
• the starter solution is allowed to stir for 14-20 hours after which time an additional 1 g
• the solution is allowed to stir for 1-2 hours and an additional 0.0076 mL of water is added. This is repeated until a total of 4 additions of 0.0076 mL of water are added to the starter solution.
• the mono-hydrolyzed polyfunctionalized acid chloride product precipitates out of the solution.
• the white precipitate can be collected using filter paper and washed repeatedly with fresh solvent yielding high purity mono-hydrolyzed polyfunctional acid chloride.
• the integration of one of the assigned peaks was used to determine the relative weight of the sample in the Isopar L solvent.
• the integration is divided by the number of protons it represents and multiplied by the formula weight of the compound it represents (for example, the triplet of mono-hydrolyzed TMC at 9.0 ppm would be divided by 1 and multiplied by 247.03 g/mol).
• the wt of mono-hydrolyzed TMC in the saturated solution is determined by dividing the value obtained for mono-hydrolyzed TMC by the value obtained for Isopar L.
• the Isopar L value In the presence of tributylphosphate (TBP), the Isopar L value must be corrected since a few protons of TBP cannot be resolved from the Isopar L peaks. This is done by integrating the -OCH 2 - protons of TBP which are well resolved at -4.05 ppm, dividing this value by 6 (for 6 protons). This area value is then multiplied by 21 (represents the three -CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 that are unresolved from the Isopar L peak) and subtracted from the peak area of Isopar L. Table 2:

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