Method for producing pyromellitic anhydride by pyromellitic acid dehydration process
Technical Field
The invention relates to a method for refining pyromellitic anhydride by dehydrating pyromellitic acid, belonging to the technical field of organic compound synthesis.
Background
Pyromellitic anhydride (PMDA) is an important organic chemical raw material, and is mainly used for producing polyimide, epoxy resin, polyester resin, plasticizer and the like, and can also be used as an adhesive, a surfactant, a metal corrosion inhibitor, a leather tanning agent, a high-temperature lubricant, fuel and the like.
At present, the technological process of pyromellitic dianhydride is mainly divided into two types, namely gas-phase oxidation and liquid-phase oxidation. The gas phase oxidation mainly uses durene as raw material and V 2 O 5 As a catalyst, the pyromellitic dianhydride is directly produced by high-temperature gas-phase oxidation. Although the vapor phase method can generate pyromellitic dianhydride in one step, the cycle conversion rate is low, the product has more impurities, the pyromellitic dianhydride can be used as an intermediate after hydrolysis and purification, the reaction process temperature is too high, and the energy consumption is high. The liquid phase method is to oxidize durene in acetic acid solvent to produce durene tetracarboxylic acid with Co-Mn-Br catalyst system, and then to dewater and refine durene tetracarboxylic dianhydride with high reaction temperature.
When the pyromellitic anhydride is refined by adopting a pyromellitic acid dehydration process in the prior art, the solvent is diphenyl ether alone, so that the problems that the system is sticky, even the diphenyl ether is crystallized and the like are easily caused during low-temperature crystallization, the temperature operation window of the low-temperature crystallization is narrow, and the operation is inconvenient; or acetic anhydride and pyromellitic acid are mixed, heated and dehydrated, but the consumption of the acetic anhydride is overlarge, the acetic anhydride is difficult to recycle, and the cost is overlarge.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the invention provides a method for refining pyromellitic anhydride by dehydrating pyromellitic acid, which has good PMDA yield and PMDA purity.
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for producing pyromellitic anhydride by dehydration of pyromellitic acid, the method comprising:
(1) Heating and dehydrating a mixed solution containing pyromellitic acid and an organic solvent to obtain a mixture;
(2) Cooling and crystallizing the mixture, and separating to obtain a crystalline substance containing pyromellitic anhydride;
the organic solvent comprises diphenyl ether and hydrogenated terphenyl.
Optionally, the mass ratio of hydrogenated terphenyl to diphenyl ether in the organic solvent is 4-15.
In the above technical solution, as a non-limiting example, the mass ratio of hydrogenated terphenyl to diphenyl ether in the organic solvent is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or any value between any two points.
Optionally, the mass ratio of pyromellitic acid to the organic solvent in the mixed solution is 0.1-0.4.
In the above technical solution, as a non-limiting example, the mass ratio of pyromellitic acid to the organic solvent is 0.15, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3, 0.35, or any value between any two points.
Optionally, the temperature of the heating dehydration is 150-270 ℃.
In the above technical scheme, the temperature of the heating dehydration is 160 ℃, 170 ℃, 180 ℃, 190 ℃, 200 ℃, 210 ℃, 220 ℃, 230 ℃, 240 ℃, 250 ℃, 260 ℃ or any value between any two points, by way of non-limiting example.
Optionally, the time of the heating dehydration is 1-6 h.
In the above technical solution, as a non-limiting example, the time of the heating and dehydrating is 1.5h, 2h, 2.5h, 3h, 3.5h, 4h, 4.5h, 5h, 5.5h, or any value between any two points.
Optionally, the heated dewatering is divided into a first stage heated dewatering and a second stage heated dewatering.
Optionally, the temperature of the first stage of heating dehydration is 150-210 ℃ and the time is 1-3 h.
Optionally, the temperature of the second stage of heating dehydration is 220-270 ℃ and the time is 1-3 h.
In the above technical solution, as a non-limiting example, the first stage of heating and dehydrating time is 1.5h, 2h, 2.5h, 3h, or any value between any two points; the temperature of the first stage heating dehydration is 160 ℃, 170 ℃, 180 ℃, 190 ℃, 200 ℃, 210 ℃ or any value between any two points;
the time of the second section of heating dehydration is 1.5h, 2h, 2.5h and 3h, or any value between any two points; the temperature of the second stage of the heating dehydration is 220 ℃, 230 ℃, 240 ℃, 250 ℃, 260 ℃, 265 ℃ or any value between any two points.
Optionally, the temperature of the cooling crystallization is 5-35 ℃.
In the above technical scheme, the temperature of the cooling crystallization is, by way of non-limiting example, 10 ℃, 12 ℃, 15 ℃, 18 ℃, 20 ℃, 22 ℃, 25 ℃, 30 ℃, or any value between any two points of the above.
Optionally, the cooling crystallization time is 2-10 h.
In the above technical solution, as a non-limiting example, the cooling crystallization time is 3h, 4h, 5h, 6h, 7h, 8h, 9h, or any value between any two points.
Optionally, the purity of pyromellitic acid is 80wt.% to 100wt.%.
The yield of pyromellitic anhydride described herein is greater than 90.0mol.%, preferably greater than 95.0mol.%; the purity of pyromellitic anhydride in the crystalline substance is more than 91.0%; preferably 99.8%.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
in the prior art, diphenyl ether is used as a solvent, but when the diphenyl ether is singly used, the system is easy to be thick and even the diphenyl ether is easy to crystallize at low temperature, the temperature operation window of the low temperature crystallization is narrow, and the operation is inconvenient. The invention adopts the mixture of diphenyl ether and hydrogenated terphenyl, expands the low-temperature operation window, and obtains better PMDA yield and PMDA purity than the method which adopts diphenyl ether or hydrogenated terphenyl as solvent.
Detailed Description
The invention is further illustrated below in connection with specific examples, which are not to be construed as limiting the invention in any way.
In the present application,
y (yield, mol%) = (C Pyromellitic dianhydride (powder) -C Pyromellitic dianhydride (primary) )/C Pyromellitic acid (original)
C Pyromellitic dianhydride (powder) : the content of pyromellitic dianhydride at the end of the reaction and mol;
C pyromellitic acidDianhydride (junior) : the content of pyromellitic dianhydride at the beginning of the reaction and mol;
C pyromellitic acid (original) : and the content of pyromellitic acid and mol are carried out at the beginning of the reaction.
The purity parameter of pyromellitic dianhydride is measured by liquid chromatography (GC 780) to compare the integral area S with the pyromellitic dianhydride standard (99.9 wt%;
purity% (test sample) /S (pyromellitic dianhydride standard sample) 。
Example 1
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) and 50g of diphenyl ether are stirred uniformly, and 400g of hydrogenated terphenyl is added to obtain a mixed solution. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And heating the filtrate to 240 ℃, keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 30 ℃, standing for 6 hours to generate solid crystals, filtering the solid crystals, washing twice with acetic anhydride, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 3 hours to obtain the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product. The pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product yield was 96.6 mol% with a purity of 99.8%.
For comparison, the experimental results are presented in Table 1.
Example 2
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) and 50g of diphenyl ether are stirred uniformly, and 400g of hydrogenated terphenyl is added to obtain a mixed solution. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And heating the filtrate to 240 ℃, keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 20 ℃, standing for 6 hours to generate solid crystals, filtering the solid crystals, washing twice with acetic anhydride, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 3 hours to obtain the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product. The yield of pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) was 90.5 mol% and the purity was 91.2% for comparison and the experimental results are shown in table 1.
Example 3
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) and 40g of diphenyl ether are stirred uniformly, and 410g of hydrogenated terphenyl is added to obtain a mixed solution. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And heating the filtrate to 240 ℃, keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 30 ℃, standing for 6 hours to generate solid crystals, filtering the solid crystals, washing twice with acetic anhydride, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 3 hours to obtain the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product. The pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product yield was 94.4 mol% with a purity of 95.7%.
For comparison, the experimental results are presented in Table 1.
Example 4
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) and 70g of diphenyl ether are stirred uniformly, and 380g of hydrogenated terphenyl is added to obtain a mixed solution. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And heating the filtrate to 240 ℃, keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 30 ℃, standing for 6 hours to generate solid crystals, filtering the solid crystals, washing twice with acetic anhydride, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 3 hours to obtain the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product. The pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product yield was 92.5 mol% with a purity of 91.9%.
For comparison, the experimental results are presented in Table 1.
Example 5
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) and 50g of diphenyl ether are stirred uniformly, and 400g of hydrogenated terphenyl is added to obtain a mixed solution. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 30 ℃, standing for 6 hours to generate solid crystals, filtering the solid crystals, washing twice with acetic anhydride, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 3 hours to obtain the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product. The pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product yield was 82.3 mol% with a purity of 90.6%.
For comparison, the experimental results are presented in Table 1.
Example 6
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) and 50g of diphenyl ether are stirred uniformly, and 400g of hydrogenated terphenyl is added to obtain a mixed solution. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And heating the filtrate to 260 ℃, keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 30 ℃, standing for 6 hours to generate solid crystals, filtering the solid crystals, washing twice with acetic anhydride, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 3 hours to obtain the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product. The pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product yield was 95.2 mol% with a purity of 98.9%.
Example 7
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) and 70g of diphenyl ether are stirred uniformly, 560g of hydrogenated terphenyl is added, and a mixed solution is obtained. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And heating the filtrate to 240 ℃, keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 30 ℃, standing for 6 hours to generate solid crystals, filtering the solid crystals, washing twice with acetic anhydride, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 3 hours to obtain the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product. The pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product yield was 95.0 mol% with a purity of 97.7%.
For comparison, the experimental results are presented in Table 1.
Example 8
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) and 30g of diphenyl ether are stirred uniformly, 240g of hydrogenated terphenyl is added, and a mixed solution is obtained. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And heating the filtrate to 240 ℃, keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 30 ℃, standing for 6 hours to generate solid crystals, filtering the solid crystals, washing twice with acetic anhydride, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 3 hours to obtain the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product. The pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product yield was 90.3 mol% with a purity of 94.1%.
For comparison, the experimental results are presented in Table 1.
Comparative example 1
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) was added with 450g of hydrogenated terphenyl to obtain a mixed solution. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And heating the filtrate to 240 ℃, keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 30 ℃, standing for 6 hours to generate solid crystals, filtering the solid crystals, washing twice with acetic anhydride, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 3 hours to obtain the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product. The pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product yield was 40.1 mol% with a purity of 64.3%.
For comparison, the experimental results are presented in Table 1.
Comparative example 2
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) and 450g of diphenyl ether are uniformly stirred to obtain a mixed solution. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And heating the filtrate to 240 ℃, keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 30 ℃, standing for 6 hours to generate solid crystals, filtering the solid crystals, washing twice with acetic anhydride, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 3 hours to obtain the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product. The pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) product yield was 80.4 mol% with a purity of 83.9%.
For comparison, the experimental results are presented in Table 1.
Comparative example 3
100g of pyromellitic acid (90 wt.%) and 450g of diphenyl ether are uniformly stirred to obtain a mixed solution. And then heating the mixed solution to 200 ℃ with continuous stirring at a heating rate of 10 ℃/min at 30 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a mixture. The insoluble material in the mixture was then filtered off while hot, and the filtrate was retained. And heating the filtrate to 240 ℃, keeping the temperature for 2 hours, cooling to 20 ℃, and gradually thickening the liquid mixture until solidification, so that the crystallization operation can not be completed.
For comparison, the experimental results are presented in Table 1.
Table 1.
Any numerical value recited in this disclosure includes all values incremented by one unit from the lowest value to the highest value if there is only a two unit interval between any lowest value and any highest value. For example, if the amount of one component, or the value of a process variable such as temperature, pressure, time, etc., is stated to be 50-90, it is meant in this specification that values such as 51-89, 52-88 … …, and 69-71, and 70-71 are specifically recited. For non-integer values, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 or 0.0001 units may be considered as appropriate. This is only a few examples of the specific designations. In a similar manner, all possible combinations of numerical values between the lowest value and the highest value enumerated are to be considered to be disclosed in this application.
It should be noted that the above-described embodiments are only for explaining the present invention and do not constitute any limitation of the present invention. The invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, but it is understood that the words which have been used are words of description and illustration, rather than words of limitation. Modifications may be made to the invention as defined in the appended claims, and the invention may be modified without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Although the invention is described herein with reference to particular means, materials and embodiments, the invention is not intended to be limited to the particulars disclosed herein, as the invention extends to all other means and applications which perform the same function.