Phase industrial hydrogenation

In the petroleum (qv) industry hydrogen bromide can serve as an alkylation catalyst. It is claimed as a catalyst in the controlled oxidation of aHphatic and ahcycHc hydrocarbons to ketones, acids, and peroxides (7,8). AppHcations of HBr with NH Br (9) or with H2S and HCl (10) as promoters for the dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene have been described, and either HBr or HCl can be used in the vapor-phase ortho methylation of phenol with methanol over alumina (11). Various patents dealing with catalytic activity of HCl also cover the use of HBr. An important reaction of HBr in organic syntheses is the replacement of aHphatic chlorine by bromine in the presence of an aluminum catalyst (12). Small quantities of hydrobromic acid are employed in analytical chemistry. 

Alicyclic amines are used as pesticides, plasticizers, explosives, inhibitors of metal corrosion and sweetening agents as well as having uses in the pharmaceuticals industry. Aniline hydrogenation has been studied in the literature with the main reaction products cyclohexylamine, dicyclohexylamine, A-phenylcyclohexylamine, diphenylamine, ammonia, benzene, cyclohexane, cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone [1-9], The products formed depend on the catalyst used, reaction temperature, solvent and whether the reaction is performed in gas or liquid phase. For example high temperature, gas-phase aniline hydrogenation over Rh/Al203 produced cyclohexylamine and dicyclohexylamine as the main products [1],... 

Tatoray [Transalkylation aromatics Toray] A process for transalkylating toluene, and/or trimethylbenzenes, into a mixture of benzene and xylenes. Operated in the vapor phase, with hydrogen, in a fixed bed containing a zeolite catalyst. Developed jointly by Toray Industries and UOP and now licensed by UOP. First operated commercially in Japan in 1969 as of 1992, 23 units were operating and 6 more were in design and construction. 

These phases are defined by the number of hydrogen cars on the roads rather than by calendar years. A connection to calendar years can be established through the hydrogen-vehicle market-penetration curves elaborated by the automotive industry (see Fig. 14.5). The infrastructure analysis focuses on the early phase of hydrogen deployment, with a relatively low penetration of hydrogen vehicles because regional aspects are crucial in this phase. 

The three-phase catalytic hydrogenation of an unsaturated ketone using supercritical carbon dioxide as a solvent was studied in order to simulate the performance of a semi-industrial trickle-bed reactor. It is shown that supercritical CO2 strongly increases the reaction rate (Devetta et al., 1999). 

The adsorption of thiophene on supported palladium has been studied (61, 62). The studies were performed under conditions used for industrial hydrogenations liquid phase, low temperature, and hydrogen pressure. The carrier is a special inert alumina with large pores (greater than 10 nm) and a surface area of less than 100 m2/g. 

P4-22g Alkylated cyclohexanols are important intermediates in the fragrance and perfume industry [Jnd. Eng. Chem. Res., 28, 693 (1989)]. Recent work has focused on gas-phase catalyzed hydrogenation of o-cresol to 2-methylcyclo-hexanone, which is then hydrogenated to 2-methylcyclohexanol, In this problem we focus on only the first step in the reaction (Figure P4-22). The reaction on a nickel-silica catalyst was found to be zero-order in o-cresol and first-order in hydrogen with a specific reaction rate at 170°C of 1.74 mol of o-cresol/(kg cat - min - atm). The reaction mixture enters the packed-bed reactor at a total pressure of 5 atm. The molar feed consists of 67% Hj and 33% o-creso at a total molar rate of 40 mol/min. 

Future trends in reduction of substituted nitrobenzenes will probably be based on novel catalysts. Homogenous transition metal (ruthenium and rhodium) catalysts offer routes to chemospecific reduction of aromatic nitro groups16. Novel catalytic methods involving combinatorial chemistry may offer pathways to new industrial hydrogenation processes, where selective reduction is desired. A number of solution- and solid-phase C /Mo0 redox couple reductions of substituted nitroarenes to the corresponding anilines have been proposed17. 

For catalytic hydrogenations we usually are concerned with three phases gaseous hydrogen, an, often dissolved, component to be hydrogenated in the liquid phase and a heterogeneous solid catalyst. Homogeneous catalysis is not very widespread. A number of good three phase reactors is available in process industries. Therefore we will restrict ourselves to the classic three phase reactors which already have proven their value in bulk chemicals processes. However, for fine chemicals applications a number of special requirements have to be met, which will be discussed in detail below. 

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The gas phase chlorination of methane is a reaction of industrial importance and leads to a mixture of chloromethane (CH3CI) dichloromethane (CH2CI2) trichloromethane (CHCI3) and tetrachloromethane (CCI4) by sequential substitution of hydrogens... 

Manufacture. Furfuryl alcohol has been manufactured on an industrial scale by employing both Hquid-phase and vapor-phase hydrogenation of furfural (56,57). Copper-based catalysts are preferred because they are selective and do not promote hydrogenation of the ring. 

Toxic or malodorous pollutants can be removed from industrial gas streams by reaction with hydrogen peroxide (174,175). Many Hquid-phase methods have been patented for the removal of NO gases (138,142,174,176—178), sulfur dioxide, reduced sulfur compounds, amines (154,171,172), and phenols (169). Other effluent treatments include the reduction of biological oxygen demand (BOD) and COD, color, odor (142,179,180), and chlorine concentration. 

It is not always necessary for the resin to be in the hydrogen form for adsorption of cations, especiaHy if a change in the pH of the Hquid phase is to be avoided (see also Hydrogen-ION activity). Eor example, softening of water, both in homes and at industrial sites, is practiced by using the resin in the form. 

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