Promoter iodide

This reaction is rapidly replacing the former ethylene-based acetaldehyde oxidation route to acetic acid. The Monsanto process employs rhodium and methyl iodide, but soluble cobalt and iridium catalysts also have been found to be effective in the presence of iodide promoters. 

The original catalysts for this process were iodide-promoted cobalt catalysts, but high temperatures and high pressures (493 K and 48 MPa) were required to achieve yields of up to 60% (34,35). In contrast, the iodide-promoted, homogeneous rhodium catalyst operates at 448—468 K and pressures of 3 MPa. These conditions dramatically lower the specifications for pressure vessels. Yields of 99% acetic acid based on methanol are readily attained (see Acetic acid Catalysis). 

Among the many methods of generating difluorocarbene, the treatment of bromodifluoromethylphosphonium bromides with potassium or cesium fluoride is particularly useful at room temperature or below [II, 12 13] The sodium iodide promoted decomposition of phenyl(trifluoromethyl)mercury is very effective at moderate temperatures [S, 14] Hexafluoropropylene oxide [/5] and chlorodifluo-roacetate salts [7] are excellent higher temperature sources of difluorocarbene... 

Samarium iodide promotes this addition reaction. In a related reaction, simple alkene units add to esters in the presence of sodium and liquid ammonia to give an alcohol. " °... 

The optimized methylation conditions (Scheme 6.18) provided >99% conversion and 92% isolated yield of 35 after in situ crystallization, filtration and drying. Addition of at least 1 equiv of water was essential for complete conversion of the O-Me to N-Me product. Under these reaction conditions Mel is released at the reaction temperature, resulting in an initial 4 1 mixture of 35 49. In situ, iodide-promoted, demethylation of 49 followed by remethylation recycled the undesired O-methyl isomer 49 to 35 in a single-pot reaction. The reaction was generally complete in about 3-6 h at 100 °C. 

Scheme 3.6. Samarium(ll)iodide-promoted domino reductive fragmentation/aldol reaction.

Examples of samarium-promoted radical procedures, which were combined with anionic processes, were detailed in Section 3.3. Here, we describe two-fold radical reactions initiated by Sml2. A combination of two samarium(II) iodide-promoted... 

Scheme 3.43. Samarium(ll) iodide-promoted domino reaction of carbohydrates.

A useful and simple method for the one-pot preparation of highly functionalized, enanhomerically pure cyclopentanes from readily accessible carbohydrate precursors has been designed by Chiara and coworkers [73]. The procedure depends on a samarium(II) iodide-promoted reductive dealkoxyhalogenahon of 6-desoxy-6-iodo-hexopyranosides such as 7-160 to produce a 6,e-unsaturated aldehyde which, after reductive cyclization, is trapped by an added electrophile to furnish the final product. In the presence of acetic anhydride, the four products 7-161 to 7-164 were obtained from 7-160. 

The same group reported the trimethylsilyl iodide-promoted transannular cyclization of the eight-memebered cyclic sulfide, rra r-4,5-dihydroxythiocane 46 <1997JOC8572>. As expected this intramolecular Sn2 reaction gave only one product, o-4-hydroxy- r-thioniabicyclo[3.3.0]octane iodide 47, as shown in Equation (15). 

Other companies (e.g., Hoechst) have developed a slightly different process in which the water content is low in order to save CO feedstock. In the absence of water it turned out that the catalyst precipitates. Clearly, at low water concentrations the reduction of rhodium(III) back to rhodium(I) is much slower, but the formation of the trivalent rhodium species is reduced in the first place, because the HI content decreases with the water concentration. The water content is kept low by adding part of the methanol in the form of methyl acetate. Indeed, the shift reaction is now suppressed. Stabilization of the rhodium species and lowering of the HI content can be achieved by the addition of iodide salts. High reaction rates and low catalyst usage can be achieved at low reactor water concentration by the introduction of tertiary phosphine oxide additives.8 The kinetics of the title reaction with respect to [MeOH] change if H20 is used as a solvent instead of AcOH.9 Kinetic data for the Rh-catalyzed carbonylation of methanol have been critically analyzed. The discrepancy between the reaction rate constants is due to ignoring the effect of vapor-liquid equilibrium of the iodide promoter.10... 

RhCl(NH3)5]Cl2 exchanged with NaX form a highly active catalyst (RhA) for MeOH carbonylation when used with an organic iodide promoter. Systems prepared from RhCl3 are far less active. EXAFS spectroscopy from the Rh K-edge was used to follow the fate of the Rh... 

Meanwhile, Wacker Chemie developed the palladium-copper-catalyzed oxidative hydration of ethylene to acetaldehyde. In 1965 BASF described a high-pressure process for the carbonylation of methanol to acetic acid using an iodide-promoted cobalt catalyst (/, 2), and then in 1968, Paulik and Roth of Monsanto Company announced the discovery of a low-pressure carbonylation of methanol using an iodide-promoted rhodium or iridium catalyst (J). In 1970 Monsanto started up a large plant based on the rhodium catalyst. 

Of the three catalytic systems so far recognized as being capable of giving fast reaction rates for methanol carbonylation—namely, iodide-promoted cobalt, rhodium, and iridium—two are operated commercially on a large scale. The cobalt and rhodium processes manifest some marked differences in the reaction area (4) (see Table I). The lower reactivity of the cobalt system requires high reaction temperatures. Very high partial pressures of carbon monoxide are then required in the cobalt system to... 

The only dependencies noted in the kinetic studies were first-order dependencies on iodide promoter and rhodium concentrations. Thus there was no observed effect of varying methanol concentration, and the partial pressure of carbon monoxide had no effect on the reaction rate. Similarly, the concentration of the products, methyl acetate and acetic acid, has no effect on the reaction rate. Thus we have the unusual situation of a reaction, CH3OH + CO — CH3COzH, in which the concentrations of the reactants and product have no kinetic influence. 

The scope and mechanism of carboxylic acid homologation is examined here in relation to the structure of the carboxylic acid substrate, the concentrations and composition of the ruthenium catalyst precursor and iodide promoter, synthesis gas ratios, as well as 13C labelling studies and the spectral identification of ruthenium iodocarbonyl intermediates. 

Similar acetic acid conversions and higher acid yield distributions using ruthenium(IV) oxide in combination with methyl iodide, ethyl iodide and hydrogen iodide as the added iodide promoter under comparable conditions. This is consistent with these different starting materials ultimately forming the same catalytically active species. 

One approach which enables lower water concentrations to be used for rhodium-catalysed methanol carbonylation is the addition of iodide salts, especially lithium iodide, as exemplified by the Hoechst-Celanese Acid Optimisation (AO) technology [30]. Iodide salt promoters allow carbonylation rates to be achieved at low (< 4 M) [H2O] that are comparable with those in the conventional Monsanto process (where [H20] > 10 M) while maintaining catalyst stability. In the absence of an iodide salt promoter, lowering the water concentration would result in a decrease in the proportion of Rh existing as [Rh(CO)2l2] . However, in the iodide-promoted process, a higher concentration of methyl acetate is also employed, which reacts with the other components as shown in Eqs. 3, 7 and 8 ... 

Methanol process. BASF introduced high-pressure technology way back in I960 to make acetic acid out of methanol and carbon monoxide instead of ethylene. Monsanto subsequently improved the process by catalysis, using an iodide-promoted rhodium catalyst. This permits operations at much lower pressures and temperatures. The methanol and carbon monoxide, of course, come from a synthesis gas plant. 

The role of the iodide promoter is to activate methanol and to produce iodo-methane, generally by direct reaction of HI. The organic reactions which take place in the medium are ... 

Scheme 37. Lithium iodide-promoted isomerization of Michael adducts 94 into cyclobutene-carboxylates 109,110 [8]...

Reppe reaction involves carbonylation of methanol to acetic acid and methyl acetate and subsequent carbonylation of the product methyl acetate to acetic anhydride. The reaction is carried out at 600 atm and 230°C in the presence of iodide-promoted cobalt catalyst to form acetic acid at over 90% yield. In the presence of rhodium catalyst the reaction occurs at milder conditions at 30 to 60 atm and 150-200°C. Carbon monoxide can combine with higher alcohols, however, at a much slower reaction rate. 

Acetaldehyde is obtained from the reaction of synthesis gas with methanol, methyl ketals or methyl esters. The reactions are carried out with an iodide-promoted Co catalyst at 180-200 °C and 2000-5000 psig. In comparing the various feedstocks, the best overall process to make acetaldehyde involves the reductive carbonylation of methyl esters. In this case, acetaldehyde selec-tivities are > 95% ut acceptable rates and conversion. 

The homologation reaction was first reported nearly 40 years ago (2). The catalyst precursor was Co (CO). Subsequent workers utilized cobalt catalysts but also employed iodide promoters (, 4 ), a Ru co-catalyst ( ), and trivalent phosphines ( ) to increase the yield. The reaction is carried out at 180-200 °C and 4000-8000 psig. In the better cases, the ethanol rate and selectivity are 1-6 M/hr and 50-80 %. Unsatisfactory conversion, selectivity, and the required high operating pressure have prevented commercialization of the current homologation technology. Additionally, fermentation routes to ethanol have now... 

In each case, the products other than acetaldehyde must be recycled to reform the substrate. For example, 2,2-dimethoxypropane yields acetaldehyde, acetone, and methanol according to Equation 12. The reaction is carried out at 135 C and 2250 psig with a cobalt catalyst. Iodide promoters are not required. The acetaldehyde rate is typically 4.0 M/hr and the selectivity is 60-70%. The co-produced acetone and methanol are recycled in a separate step via the equilibrium represented by Equation 14. 

For Reaction 4 to proceed selectively it will be necessary that Reaction 5c proceeds faster than, or concertedly with. Reactions 5a, b so that no substantial build-up of EDA can take place and hence Reaction 6 will be prevented. Thus, we interpret the exceptional behaviour of Znl2, CH3I, and HI as iodide promoters in the sense that they allow a high hydrogenolysis-hydrogenation activity of the Ru function in the catalyst system. Whereas the hydrocarbonylation function of Rh (Reactions 5a, b)is promoted by a variety of iodides, it appears that the hydrogenolysis function of Ru (Reaction 5c)is very sensitive to the nature of the iodide source used, as evidenced by a low ethyl acetate/acetic acid product ratio obtained with iodides such as AII3 and Lil. 

Search for effective organic promoters. Selective and active catalysts for Reaction 4 should not only be effective carbonylation catalysts, but also be highly effective in hydrogenation-hydrogenolysis reactions in the presence of CO. The most obvious parameters affecting activity and selectivity include Rh/Ru ratio, partial CO and H2 pressures, temperature, solvent type, and type of iodide promoter. 

Such an explanation could also hold for the dependence of reaction selectivity (and activity) on the type of cation in the iodide promoter, as shown in Table III, The role of anionic Ru complexes and the effects of various iodide salts in syngas reactions have been elucidated by Dombek et al. (8). 

TPO as catalyst promoter may have important consequences. It will allow either a considerable reduction of the Rh inventory or a reduction of iodide promoter, thus leading to significantly reduced costs of a potential process. 

It was found that a nickel-activated carbon catalyst was effective for vapor phase carbonylation of dimethyl ether and methyl acetate under pressurized conditions in the presence of an iodide promoter. Methyl acetate was formed from dimethyl ether with a yield of 34% and a selectivity of 80% at 250 C and 40 atm, while acetic anhydride was synthesized from methyl acetate with a yield of 12% and a selectivity of 64% at 250 C and 51 atm. In both reactions, high pressure and high CO partial pressure favored the formation of the desired product. In spite of the reaction occurring under water-free conditions, a fairly large amount of acetic acid was formed in the carbonylation of methyl acetate. The route of acetic acid formation is discussed. A molybdenum-activated carbon catalyst was found to catalyze the carbonylation of dimethyl ether and methyl acetate. 

The synthesis of acetic acid (AcOH) from methanol (MeOH) and carbon monoxide has been performed industrially in the liquid phase using a rhodium complex catalyst and an iodide promoter ( 4). The selectivity to acetic acid is more than 99% under mild conditions (175 C, 28 atm). The homogeneous rhodium catalyst is also effective for the synthesis of acetic anhydride (Ac O) by the carbonylation of dimethyl ether (DME) or methyl acetate (AcOMe) (5-13). However, rhodium is one of the most expensive metals, and its proved reserves are quite limited. It is highly desirable, therefore, to develop a new catalyst as a substitute for rhodium. 

Carbonylation of methanol to form acetic acid has been performed industrially using carbonyl complexes of cobalt ( ) or rhodium (2 ) and iodide promoter in the liquid phase. Recently, it has been claimed that nickel carbonyl or other nickel compounds are effective catalysts for the reaction at pressure as low as 30 atm (2/4), For the rhodium catalyst, the conditions are fairly mild (175 C and 28 atm) and the product selectivity is excellent (99% based on methanol). However, the process has the disadvantages that the proven reserves of rhodium are quite limited in both location and quantity and that the reaction medium is highly corrosive. It is highly desirable, therefore, to develop a vapor phase process, which is free from the corrosion problem, utilizing a base metal catalyst. The authors have already reported that nickel on activated carbon exhibits excellent catalytic activity for the carbonylation of... 

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