异丙基萘的分子间烷基转移及其在制备2_6_二异丙基萘中的应用_英文_.pdfVIP

Chin. J. Chem. Eng., 15(4) 606610 (2007) Intermolecular Transalkylation of Isopropylnaphthalene and Its * Application in the Production of 2,6-Diisopropylnaphthalene TIAN Zhenghua()a,**, WANG Pei()b and ZHAO Guili()a a School of Chemical Engineering, University of Science Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, China b College of Electromechanics Materials Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China Abstract Isopropylation of naphthalene with propene resulted in a variety of isomers having different alkylation levels. The most important isomer is 2,6-DIPN, which is the precursor of important monomer 2,6-naphthalene di- carboxylic acid used for making liquid crystal polymers. In order to increase the yield of 2,6-DIPN, the intermo- lecular transalkylation with naphthalene was applied to the mixture of other DIPNs and PIPN to obtain MIPN en- riched product, which underwent isopropylation with propene to produce 2,6-DIPN in a higher yield. The experi- mental study showed that the preferable conditions for transalkylation were reactin temperature of 325 , the mo- lar ratio of isopropyl group to naphthyl group (IP/N) of 0.810.91, reaction time of 4h and 5% of amorphous silica-alumina by mass. The conversions of DIPN and PIPN in its mixture were 62%69% and 87%88% respec- tively and the yield of MIPN was greater than 40%. The mixture of MIPN enriched product and recovered MIPN from rectification was subject to isopropylation with propene at 275 over a shape-selective catalyst to produce 2,6-DIPN in a yield up to 38%. A recycled process of recovered components was established, through one cycle the yield of 2,6-DIPN based on naphthalene may be 2.8 times higher than before,