N Butyraldehyde

Propionaldehyde. Use 34 g. (42-6 ml.) of n propyl alcohol, and a solution containing 56 g. of sodium chromate dihydrate, 300 ml. of water and 40 ml. of concentrated sulphuric acid. The experimental details are identical with those for n-butyraldehyde, except that the addition of the dichromate solution occupies 20 minutes, the temperature at the top of the column is not allowed to rise above 70-75°, and during the subsequent heating for 15 minutes the liquid passing over below 80° is collected the receiver must be cooled in ice. The yield of propionaldehyde, b.p. 47-50°, is 12 g. 

Plant and location n- Butyraldehyde Capacity, 10 t I s obutyraldehyde Catalyst... 

Experiments designed to clarify the situation were carried out by Wittig and Mayer (40). It was shown that changing the molar ratio of amine (diethylamine, di- -butylamine, or diisobutylamine) to -butyraldehyde from 1 1 to 2 1 did not affect the yield of enamine (53- 64%, based on the aldehyde). Contrariwise, changing the ratio of amine (morpholine, piperidine, or pyrrolidine) to n-butyraldehyde from 1 1 to 2 1 boosted the yields from 52-57 % to 80-85 %. The authors interpret these data as indicating that the cyclic amines form aminals with n-butyraldehyde, while the open-chain do not. Infrared evidence is stated as having shown that the aminal originates not from attack of excess amine on the enamine, which is stable under the conditions of the reaction, but from the N-hemiacetal (17). 

Good rhodium retention results were obtained after several recycles. However, optimized ligand/metal ratios and leaching and decomposition rates, which can result in the formation of inactive catalyst, are not known for these ligands and require testing in continuous mode. As a reference, in the Ruhrchemie-Rhone-Poulenc process, the losses of rhodium are <10 g Rh per kg n-butyraldehyde. 

The largest commercial process is the hydroformylation of propene, which yields n-butyraldehyde and isobutyraldehyde. n-Butyraldehyde (n-butanal) is either hydrogenated to n-butanol or transformed to 2-ethyl-hexanol via aldol condensation and subsequent hydrogenation. 2-Ethylhexanol is an important plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride. This reaction is noted in Chapter 8. 

The catalytic hydroformylation of olefins is discussed in Chapter 5. The reaction of propylene with CO and H2 produces n-butyraldehyde as the main product. Isobutyraldehyde is a by-product °... 

Figure 8-6. The Hoechst AG process for producing 2-ethylhexanol from n-butyraldehyde (1) Aldol condensation reactor, (2) separation (organic phase from liquid phase), (3) hydrogenation reactor, (4) distillation column.

N Phenylhydroxylamine condensation, with benzaldehyde to form N,a-diphenylmtronc, 46,127 with n-butyraldehyde, 46, 96 Phenyl lsothiocyanate, 46, 21 Phenylhthium, 46, 109 N-Phenylmaleimide, conversion to 3-phenyl-3 -propylisoxazolidinc-... 

Propanol with magnesium in reduction of chlorobenzene, 47, 104 Propionyl fluoride, 46, 6 n Propylamine, 46, 85 n Propylhydrazine, 46, 85 C ( Propyl) N phenylmtrone, genera tion from phenylhydroxylamme and n butyraldehyde, 46, 97 Purification of tetrahydrofuran (Warning), 46,105 4H Pyran 4-one, 2 6 dimethyl 3,5 diphenyl, 47, 54... 

Butyl alcohol, n-butyraldehyde, methyl ethyl ketone, 2-meth-ylfuran, tetrahydrofuran, 4-methyl-l,3-dioxolane, 2-methyl THF, 3-methyl THF, and tetrahydropyran... 

Propionaldehyde and n-butyraldehyde are oxidised more slowly then they enolise and the rate expressions are ... 

The acidity dependences are not simple. V(V) is thought to form a complex with the enol which undergoes slow oxidative breakdown. Propionaldehyde and n-butyraldehyde are, however, oxidised by Mn(III) pyrophosphate with a zero-order dependence on oxidant concentration but first-order dependences on substrate and HjO " concentrations. Here oxidation immediately follows enol formation. Ce(IV) sulphate oxidises acetaldehyde at a rate much faster than enolisation . 

Acetaldehyde (and other aldehydes containing at least me hydrogen atom in the a-position) when treated with a small quantity of dilute sodium hydroxide solution or other basic catalyst gives a good yield of aldol (p hydroxy-n-butyraldehyde) (I), which readily loses water, either by heating the isolated aldol alone or with a trace of mineral acid, to form crotonaldehyde (II) ... 

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