CN114436828A - Method for simultaneously preparing methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate - Google Patents

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CN114436828A
CN114436828A CN202011127593.XA CN202011127593A CN114436828A CN 114436828 A CN114436828 A CN 114436828A CN 202011127593 A CN202011127593 A CN 202011127593A CN 114436828 A CN114436828 A CN 114436828A
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The invention relates to a method for simultaneously preparing methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate, which comprises the steps of carrying out carbonylation reaction on formaldehyde monomer source substances containing methanol and CO in a mixed solvent under the action of a rhodium carbonyl catalyst; then methanol is added into the product after the solvent is removed to carry out esterification reaction, and methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate are generated. The invention is characterized in that the raw material adopts formaldehyde aqueous solution which is cheap and easy to obtain, trioxymethylene or paraformaldehyde is not needed to be used as a formaldehyde monomer source, the catalyst has no corrosivity to reaction equipment, and the direct separation of the product and the solvent can be realized before the esterification reaction.

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Method for simultaneously preparing methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of petrochemical industry, in particular to a method for simultaneously preparing methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate.
Background
Methyl methoxyacetate is a valuable intermediate, can be used for the kinetic resolution of chiral amine compounds, the synthesis of vitamin B6, sulfanilamide-5-pyrimidine and the like, can be used as a catalyst for polymerization, can also be hydrogenated and hydrolyzed to prepare ethylene glycol, and is an important ethylene glycol precursor. Methyl glycolate as an important organic chemical raw material can be widely applied to the fields of chemical industry, polymer materials, pesticides, medicines, spices, feeds, dyes and the like. Meanwhile, methyl glycolate is also an important intermediate for preparing ethylene glycol from coal.
The synthesis method of methyl methoxyacetate mainly comprises a carbonylation method (taking dimethoxymethane or formaldehyde as a raw material), a substitution method (taking sodium methoxide and chloroacetic acid as raw materials) and an oxidation method (taking ethylene glycol monomethyl ether as a raw material), wherein the substitution method and the oxidation method are generally used for small-amount synthesis in laboratories, and the carbonylation method can be used for industrially and independently synthesizing methyl methoxyacetate and can also be used as an intermediate process for synthesizing ethylene glycol by a carbonylation method.
Chevron in USP3911003 discloses the carbonylation of formaldehyde with hydrofluoric acid as a catalyst. The hydrofluoric acid has strong corrosivity and serious pollution, and the production is stopped after the operation is not long. Formaldehyde is used as a reactant, the formaldehyde generates glycolic acid through carbonylation reaction, and the glycolic acid is further converted into methyl glycolate through methanol esterification. The traditional homogeneous phase method mainly adopts inorganic liquid acid as a catalyst, such as concentrated sulfuric acid, hydrofluoric acid, fluorosulfonic acid and the like. Experiments show that methyl formate is easy to generate in an acidic reaction system. Methanol is produced as a result of the decomposition of methyl formate, and the methanol and formaldehyde in the presence of an acid catalyst can form hemiacetal species which are further hydrogenated to methyl methoxyacetate. In addition, methyl glycolate can also be obtained by dehydration reaction of methyl glycolate with methanol under acid catalysis. Therefore, with formaldehyde as a reactant, methyl glycolate and a small amount of methyl methoxyacetate are simultaneously obtained in the product. This offers the possibility of simultaneously preparing methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate.
In patent CN1064040C, researchers prepared sulfuric acid/metal (e.g. Cu, Ag) carbonyl compounds by absorbing CO in sulfuric acid with metal compounds. Using the above-mentioned catalyst, in strong acid system, carbonylating and esterifying formaldehyde so as to obtain methyl glycolate. The reaction conditions are relatively mild, but the corrosion problem of sulfuric acid on the device still exists. In addition, in the process, the source of the formaldehyde monomer is trioxymethylene or paraformaldehyde to obtain a better reaction result.
The main technical difficulties of the carbonylation reaction are slow reaction speed and low selectivity. The slow reaction rate is due to two reasons: firstly, an efficient catalyst system is lacked, and secondly, the concentration of CO in a solution or a reaction site is not high, so that mass transfer is difficult. Because the development of a high-activity catalyst is difficult, the reaction effect is usually improved by raising the temperature and the pressure and prolonging the reaction time, and the conditions of more side reactions and low selectivity are aggravated by harsh reaction conditions. Therefore, the core of the research on carbonylation reaction lies in two aspects: catalyst development and process intensification, and optimization of the reaction is realized by adopting a novel catalyst with high activity and adjusting a reaction system. Because the pollution of inorganic acid is serious, and the problems that the product is difficult to separate and the device is corroded exist, the development of a new catalyst and a new process become the key research point of the carbonylation of formaldehyde.
In summary, the development of a catalyst with low corrosivity and a process with low raw material cost are problems to be solved urgently in the formaldehyde carbonylation reaction.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the problems of the prior art as described above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a process for simultaneously preparing methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate, on the one hand to overcome the purity limitation on the formaldehyde monomer source, so that a commercially available aqueous formaldehyde solution (containing a methanol stabilizer) or a formaldehyde solution produced upstream of a plant can be used as a raw material, while a catalyst is not corrosive to reaction equipment, and direct separation of the product from the solvent can be achieved.
The invention provides a method for simultaneously preparing methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate, which comprises the following steps:
(1) under the action of a rhodium carbonyl catalyst, a formaldehyde monomer source substance containing methanol and CO are subjected to carbonylation reaction in a mixed solvent;
(2) separating the solvent in the product obtained in the step (1), and adding methanol into the product after the solvent is removed to carry out esterification reaction to generate methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate.
In the technical scheme, the formaldehyde monomer source substance in the step (1) is a formaldehyde aqueous solution with the mass fraction of 37% -55%. The mass fraction of methanol in the formaldehyde monomer source substance is 10-15%.
In the above technical scheme, the rhodium carbonyl catalyst in step (1) is one of rhodium dicarbonyl acetylacetonate, rhodium bis (triphenylphosphine) carbonyl chloride, rhodium tris (triphenylphosphine) carbonyl hydride, rhodium tetracarbonyl dichloride and rhodium acetylacetonate triphenylphosphine carbonyl. The dosage of the catalyst is 0.1mol percent to 1mol percent of the formaldehyde monomer source substance.
The mixed solvent is a mixture of an organic solvent and an organic acid. The organic solvent is at least one selected from cyclohexane, n-octane, isooctane and n-pentane. The organic acid is at least one selected from the group consisting of acetic acid, propionic acid and isobutyric acid. The molar ratio of the organic solvent to the organic acid is 10:1-1: 1. The amount of the organic solvent to be added is not particularly limited, and is preferably in a molar ratio of the organic acid to the formaldehyde of 1:2 to 1:1, so as to ensure the dissolution of the reaction mass.
In the technical scheme, the temperature of the carbonylation reaction in the step (1) is 70-140 ℃, the pressure of the carbonylation reaction is 2-8MPa, and the reaction time is 2-6 h. The reaction temperature of the esterification reaction in the step (2) is 80-120 ℃, and the reaction time is 1-4 h.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the method is used for simultaneously preparing methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate, and the sum of the yield of the methyl methoxyacetate and the yield of the methyl glycolate can reach 80%. The method has the characteristics of high product yield, no corrosion to reaction equipment, easy separation and recovery of the carbonylation solvent and the like. In addition, the formaldehyde monomer adopted by the method is more economic, and the reaction cost is saved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of the stratification of the products of example 1 after carbonylation and before esterification.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the product of comparative example 1 after the carbonylation reaction and before the esterification reaction.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the stratification of the product after the carbonylation reaction and before the esterification reaction in comparative example 3.
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The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following specific embodiments.
The examples, in which specific conditions are not specified, were conducted under conventional conditions or conditions recommended by the manufacturer. The reagents or instruments used are not indicated by the manufacturer, and are all conventional products commercially available.
The yield of glycolic acid (ester) obtained for the product of the invention is shown as:
yield (%) of glycolic acid (ester) is equal to the molar amount of glycolic acid (ester) produced (theoretical value)/molar amount of formaldehyde as the starting material x 100%
Wherein the molar glycolic acid (ester) yield (theoretical) is all theoretically possible to convert to useful intermediates in the subsequent hydrogenation to ethylene glycol ring, i.e. glycolic acid, methyl glycolate and organic carboxylic acid in solvent protecting glycolic acid (ester) products including but not limited to acetoxyacetic acid, acetoxyacetic acid methyl ester, propionyloxyacetic acid methyl ester etc., if acetic acid is used as glycolic acid protecting agent, the product is calculated as:
yield (%) of glycolic acid (ester) based on the molar amount of produced glycolic acid + methyl glycolate + acetoxyacetic acid methyl ester/amount of charged formaldehyde × 100%
The calculation method of the methyl methoxyacetate comprises the following steps:
yield (%) of methyl methoxyacetate, (% by mole) of methyl methoxyacetate/mole of formaldehyde as a raw material × 100%.
[ example 1 ]
1. Carbonylation reaction
Into a stainless steel autoclave having a volume of 100mL, 8.1g (0.1mol of HCHO) of an aqueous formaldehyde solution (Hu test, containing about 37% of formaldehyde and 10% of methanol) was charged, cyclohexane: isobutyric acid (a 5:1 molar ratio) mixed solvent (50 mL). 0.185g (0.2mmol, 0.2% of CAT/HCHO) of tris (triphenylphosphine) carbonyl rhodium hydride is quickly weighed and put into a kettle, the mixture is fully stirred and uniformly mixed, the reaction kettle is sealed, air in the kettle is replaced by CO for 3 times, high-pressure CO is introduced to 7MPa, and the reaction is carried out for 3 hours at 120 ℃. After the reaction, the reaction vessel was cooled to room temperature, and all the reaction solution was taken out and placed in a separatory funnel, and was allowed to stand until separation was achieved, as shown in fig. 1. Filtering the lower layer of dark liquid through a microporous filter membrane to obtain a light brown yellow carbonylation product for later use.
2. Esterification reaction
Putting the filtered lower-layer carbonylation product into a reaction kettle, adding 20mL of methanol and 1g of Amberlite IR 120 resin, sealing the reaction kettle, reacting for 2h under stirring at 100 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished, taking out the feed liquid in the kettle, and analyzing by using gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the products of methyl methoxyacetate and glycolic acid (ester) with the yield shown in Table 1.
As can be seen from FIG. 1, by adopting the method, the direct separation of the product (lower layer) and the solvent (upper layer) can be realized after the carbonylation reaction, so that the processing amount of the next esterification link, the subsequent rectification and other operations is greatly reduced.
[ example 2 ] A method for producing a polycarbonate
1. Recovery of reaction solvent
The upper layer of the liquid after the carbonylation reaction of example 1 was removed and filtered through a microporous membrane for further use.
2. Carbonylation reaction
The filtered upper layer solvent was charged into a 100mL stainless steel autoclave, to which 8.1g (0.1mol) of an aqueous formaldehyde solution (Hu test, containing about 37% formaldehyde and 10% methanol) was added, and 8mL of isobutyric acid was added. 0.185g (0.2mmol, 0.2% of CAT/HCHO) of tris (triphenylphosphine) carbonyl rhodium hydride is quickly weighed and put into a kettle, the mixture is fully stirred and uniformly mixed, the reaction kettle is sealed, air in the kettle is replaced by CO for 3 times, high-pressure CO is introduced to 7MPa, and the reaction is carried out for 3 hours at 120 ℃. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature, taking out all reaction liquid, placing the reaction liquid in a separating funnel, and standing until layering. Filtering the lower layer of dark liquid through a microporous filter membrane to obtain a light brown yellow carbonylation product for later use.
3. Esterification reaction
Putting the filtered lower-layer carbonylation product into a reaction kettle, adding 20mL of methanol and 1g of Amberlite IR 120 resin, sealing the reaction kettle, reacting for 2h under stirring at 100 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished, taking out the feed liquid in the kettle, and analyzing by using gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the products of methyl methoxyacetate and glycolic acid (ester) with the yield shown in Table 1.
As can be seen from Table 1, the product yields in example 2 are comparable to those in example 1, which shows that the solvent (upper layer) recovered after the carbonylation reaction is used for the reaction of the second charge, and the organic carboxylic acid consumed by the reaction can be recycled by only supplementing a small amount of the organic carboxylic acid, thereby achieving the initial reaction yield.
[ example 3 ]
1. Carbonylation reaction
In a stainless steel autoclave having a volume of 100mL, 5.5g (containing 0.1mol of formaldehyde) of an aqueous formaldehyde solution (Shanghai test, containing about 55% of formaldehyde and 15% of methanol), n-octane: isobutyric acid (2: 1) (molar ratio) in 50mL of the mixed solvent. 0.196g (0.4mmol, 0.4% CAT/HCHO) of acetylacetonatocarbonyltriphenylphosphine rhodium is quickly weighed and put into a kettle, the mixture is fully stirred and uniformly mixed, the reaction kettle is sealed, air in the kettle is replaced by CO for 3 times, high-pressure CO is introduced to 7MPa, and the reaction is carried out for 3 hours at 120 ℃. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature, taking out all reaction liquid, placing the reaction liquid in a separating funnel, and standing until layering. Filtering the lower layer liquid through a microporous filter membrane to obtain a carbonylation product for later use.
2. Esterification reaction
Putting the filtered lower-layer carbonylation product into a reaction kettle, adding 20mL of methanol and 1g of Amberlite IR 120 resin, sealing the reaction kettle, reacting for 2h under stirring at 100 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished, taking out the feed liquid in the kettle, and analyzing by using gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the products of methyl methoxyacetate and glycolic acid (ester) with the yield shown in Table 1.
[ example 4 ]
1. Carbonylation reaction
In a stainless steel autoclave having a capacity of 100mL, 6.7g (containing 0.1mol of formaldehyde) of an aqueous formaldehyde solution (Shanghai test, containing about 45% of formaldehyde and 15% of methanol) was charged with n-pentane: 50mL of a mixed solvent of acetic acid and 8:1 (molar ratio). 0.210g (0.8mmol, 0.8% of CAT/HCHO) of rhodium dicarbonyl acetylacetonate is quickly weighed and put into a kettle, after the mixture is fully stirred and uniformly mixed, the reaction kettle is sealed, air in the kettle is replaced by CO for 3 times, high-pressure CO is introduced to 4MPa, and the reaction is carried out for 6 hours at 80 ℃. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature, taking out all reaction liquid, placing the reaction liquid in a separating funnel, and standing until layering. Filtering the lower layer liquid through a microporous filter membrane to obtain a carbonylation product for later use.
2. Esterification reaction
Putting the filtered lower-layer carbonylation product into a reaction kettle, adding 20mL of methanol and 1g of Amberlite IR 120 resin, sealing the reaction kettle, reacting for 2 hours under stirring at 120 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished, taking out the feed liquid in the kettle, and analyzing by gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the products of methyl methoxyacetate and glycolic acid (ester) with the yield shown in Table 1.
[ example 5 ] A method for producing a polycarbonate
1. Carbonylation reaction
Into a stainless steel autoclave having a volume of 100mL, 8.1g (0.1mol of HCHO) of an aqueous formaldehyde solution (Hu test, containing about 37% of formaldehyde and 10% of methanol) was charged, cyclohexane: isobutyric acid (a 5:1 molar ratio) mixed solvent (50 mL). 0.195g (0.5mmol, 0.5% of CAT/HCHO) of dicarbonyl dirhodium dichloride is quickly weighed and put into a kettle, after the mixture is fully stirred and mixed evenly, the reaction kettle is sealed, air in the kettle is replaced by CO for 3 times, high-pressure CO is introduced to 3MPa, and the reaction is carried out for 3 hours at 100 ℃. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature, taking out all reaction liquid, placing the reaction liquid in a separating funnel, and standing until layering. Filtering the lower layer of dark liquid through a microporous filter membrane to obtain a light brown yellow carbonylation product for later use.
2. Esterification reaction
Putting the filtered lower-layer carbonylation product into a reaction kettle, adding 20mL of methanol and 1g of Amberlite IR 120 resin, sealing the reaction kettle, reacting for 4 hours at 80 ℃ under stirring, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished, taking out the feed liquid in the kettle, and analyzing by using gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the products of methyl methoxyacetate and glycolic acid (ester) with the yield shown in Table 1.
By adopting the method, the direct separation of the product (lower layer) and the solvent (upper layer) can be realized after the carbonylation reaction, so that the processing amount of the operations of the next esterification link, the subsequent rectification and the like is greatly reduced.
Comparative example 1
This comparative example used trifluoromethanesulfonic acid as the catalyst.
1. Carbonylation reaction
In a stainless steel autoclave having a volume of 100mL, 8.1g (containing 0.1mol of formaldehyde) of an aqueous formaldehyde solution (Hu test, containing about 37% of formaldehyde and 10% -15% of methanol) was charged, cyclohexane: isobutyric acid (50 mL) as a mixed solvent at a molar ratio of 5:1 was added to a reactor by sucking 200. mu.L of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid with a pipette, the mixture was stirred and mixed well, the reactor was sealed, air in the reactor was replaced with CO 3 times, high-pressure CO was introduced to 8MPa, and the reaction was carried out at 120 ℃ for 3 hours. After the reaction was completed, the reaction vessel was cooled to room temperature, and all the reaction solution was taken out and placed in a separatory funnel, as shown in fig. 2, without separation of the liquid.
2. Esterification reaction
Putting all liquid after the carbonylation reaction into a reaction kettle, adding 20mL of methanol, sealing the reaction kettle, reacting for 2h under stirring at 100 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished, taking out the feed liquid in the kettle, and analyzing by gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the products of methyl methoxyacetate and glycolic acid (ester), wherein the yields of the methyl methoxyacetate and the glycolic acid (ester) are shown in Table 1.
As can be seen from FIG. 2, the products after the carbonylation reaction are not separated, the products such as glycolic acid, methoxy acetic acid and the like and the solvent are all put into the next esterification reaction, and the processing amount of the operations such as the esterification link, the subsequent rectification and the like is about 3 to 4 times of that of the example 1. In addition, after purification steps such as rectification and methanol washing, a part of methanol is mixed into the solvent (acetic acid, propionic acid, isobutyric acid), which makes recycling of the solvent difficult.
Comparative example 2
In the comparative example, paraformaldehyde was used as the raw material, and trifluoromethanesulfonic acid was used as the catalyst.
1. Carbonylation reaction
In a stainless steel autoclave having a capacity of 100mL, 3g (0.1mol) of paraformaldehyde, cyclohexane: 50mL of a mixed solvent of isobutyric acid and 5:1, sucking 200 mu L of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid by using a liquid transfer gun, putting the mixture into a kettle, fully stirring and uniformly mixing, sealing the reaction kettle, replacing air in the kettle with CO for 3 times, introducing high-pressure CO to 8MPa, and reacting for 3 hours at 120 ℃. After the reaction, the reaction kettle was cooled to room temperature, all the reaction solution was taken out and placed in a separatory funnel, and the liquid was not separated.
2. Esterification reaction
Putting all liquid after the carbonylation reaction into a reaction kettle, adding 20mL of methanol, sealing the reaction kettle, reacting for 2h under stirring at 100 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished, taking out the feed liquid in the kettle, and analyzing by gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the products of methyl methoxyacetate and glycolic acid (ester), wherein the yields of the methyl methoxyacetate and the glycolic acid (ester) are shown in Table 1.
The product yield of comparative example 2 is higher than that of comparative example 1, i.e., the homogeneous acid catalyst can exhibit higher carbonylation catalytic activity only when trioxymethylene or paraformaldehyde is used as a reaction raw material.
Comparative example 3
In this comparative example, paraformaldehyde was used as the starting material, and tris (triphenylphosphine) carbonyl rhodium hydride was used as the catalyst.
1. Carbonylation reaction
In a stainless steel autoclave having a capacity of 100mL, 3g (0.1mol) of paraformaldehyde, cyclohexane: 50mL of a mixed solvent of isobutyric acid and 5:1 (molar ratio), 0.185g (0.2mmol, 0.2% CAT/HCHO) of tris (triphenylphosphine) carbonyl rhodium hydride was quickly weighed and charged into a reactor, and after sufficient stirring and uniform mixing, the reactor was sealed, air was replaced with CO for 3 times, high-pressure CO was introduced to 7MPa, and the reaction was carried out at 120 ℃ for 3 hours. After the reaction was completed, the reaction vessel was cooled to room temperature, and all the reaction solution was taken out and placed in a separatory funnel as shown in FIG. 3. Filtering the lower layer of deep color liquid for 2 times by a microporous filter membrane to obtain a carbonylation product for later use.
2. Esterification reaction
Putting the filtered lower-layer carbonylation product into a reaction kettle, adding 20mL of methanol and 1g of Amberlite IR 120 resin, sealing the reaction kettle, reacting for 2h under stirring at 100 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished, taking out the feed liquid in the kettle, and analyzing by using gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the products of methyl methoxyacetate and glycolic acid (ester) with the yield shown in Table 1.
As is clear from FIG. 3, black carbonized particles appeared in the carbonylation reaction solution, and the product yield was reduced as compared with example 1 (using an aqueous formaldehyde solution as a raw material). Relatively speaking, the method is more suitable for taking common formaldehyde solution (with low price) as a reaction raw material, meanwhile, the catalyst has no corrosivity to reaction equipment, and the direct separation of the product and the solvent can be realized.
Comparative example 4
This comparative example did not employ a mixed solvent in the carbonylation reaction.
1. Carbonylation reaction
A stainless steel autoclave having a volume of 100mL was charged with 8.1g (0.1mol of HCHO) of an aqueous formaldehyde solution (Hu test, containing about 37% of formaldehyde and 10% of methanol) and 50mL of sulfolane. 0.185g (0.2mmol, 0.2% of CAT/HCHO) of tris (triphenylphosphine) carbonyl rhodium hydride is quickly weighed and put into a kettle, the mixture is fully stirred and uniformly mixed, the reaction kettle is sealed, air in the kettle is replaced by CO for 3 times, high-pressure CO is introduced to 7MPa, and the reaction is carried out for 3 hours at 120 ℃. And after the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature, taking out all reaction liquid, placing the reaction liquid in a separating funnel, standing until the reaction liquid is layered, and filtering the lower-layer dark liquid through a microporous filter membrane to obtain a light brown yellow carbonylation product for later use.
2. Esterification reaction
Putting the filtered lower-layer carbonylation product into a reaction kettle, adding 20mL of methanol and 1g of Amberlite IR 120 resin, sealing the reaction kettle, reacting for 2h under stirring at 100 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature after the reaction is finished, taking out the feed liquid in the kettle, and analyzing by using gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the products of methyl methoxyacetate and glycolic acid (ester) with the yield shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1 reaction conditions and product yields
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It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are only for explaining the present invention, and do not constitute any limitation to the present invention. The present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, but the words which have been used herein are words of description and illustration, rather than words of limitation. The invention can be modified, as prescribed, within the scope of the claims and without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Although the invention has been described herein with reference to particular means, materials and embodiments, the invention is not intended to be limited to the particulars disclosed herein, but rather extends to all other methods and applications having the same functionality.

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1. A method for simultaneously preparing methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate is characterized by comprising the following steps:
(1) under the action of a rhodium carbonyl catalyst, a formaldehyde monomer source substance containing methanol and CO are subjected to carbonylation reaction in a mixed solvent;
(2) separating the solvent in the product obtained in the step (1), and adding methanol into the product after the solvent is removed to carry out esterification reaction to generate methyl methoxyacetate and methyl glycolate.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the formaldehyde monomer source substance in the step (1) is a formaldehyde aqueous solution with a mass fraction of 37% -55%, and the mass fraction of methanol in the formaldehyde monomer source substance is 10% -15%.
3. The process of claim 1, wherein the rhodium carbonyl catalyst in step (1) is one of rhodium dicarbonyl acetylacetonate, rhodium bis (triphenylphosphine) carbonyl chloride, rhodium tris (triphenylphosphine) carbonyl hydride, rhodium tetracarbonyl dichloride, and rhodium acetylacetonate triphenylphosphine carbonyl.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the catalyst is used in an amount of 0.1 mol% to 1 mol% based on the formaldehyde monomer source.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mixed solvent is a mixture of an organic solvent and an organic acid.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the molar ratio of organic solvent to organic acid is from 10:1 to 1: 1.
7. The process according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the organic solvent is selected from at least one of cyclohexane, n-octane, iso-octane and n-pentane.
8. The method of claim 5 or 6, wherein the organic acid is selected from at least one of acetic acid, propionic acid, and isobutyric acid.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the temperature of the carbonylation reaction in the step (1) is 70-140 ℃, the pressure of the carbonylation reaction is 2-8MPa, and the reaction time is 2-6 h.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the esterification reaction in step (2) is carried out at a reaction temperature of 80 ℃ to 120 ℃ for a reaction time of 1 to 4 hours.
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