WO2013046132A1 - Process for the preparation of dialkyl carbonate compounds - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of dialkyl carbonate compounds which can be advantageously used as additives of a biological origin in fuels such as diesel or gasolines.
- Dialkyl carbonates and in particular diethyl carbonate, can be used as additives for said fuels, increasing the aliquot of product of a biological origin in the fuel and thus reducing the particulate.
- the Applicant has now found a new method for the preparation of dialkyl carbonate compounds, using a heterogeneous catalyst based on hydrotalcite , obtaining extremely high product yields, higher than 95% molar, at the same time avoiding the formation of toxic and carcinogenic by-products.
- the present invention therefore relates to a process for the preparation of dialkyl carbonate compounds starting from urea and reagents selected from ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and linear alcohols having a number of carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 20. Said process comprises the following steps:
- An object of the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of dialkyl carbonate compounds starting from urea and reagents selected from ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and linear alcohols having a number of carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 20. Said process comprises two steps:
- the intermediate products formed in step (a) are, for example, ethylene carbonate or propylene carbonate.
- the end-products obtained with the process, object of the present invention are dialkyl carbonates.
- Preferred products are diethyl carbonate and dibutyl carbonate.
- the linear alcohols having a number of carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 20 can preferably be of biological origin and even more preferably can be obtained starting from fatty acids with a number of carbon atoms in the chain ranging from 16 to 22.
- the end-products obtained with the process, object of the present invention can be used as biological component in both gasoline and diesel fuel, allowing a saving of hydrogen in the refinery, which on the other hand, is required for the production of other fuels of a biological nature such as HVO.
- the catalysts used in the process, object of the present invention, in both steps, are in heterogeneous phase, preferably in solid phase.
- the catalyst used in step (a) of the process described and claimed in the present text can be any hydrotalcite having the formula:
- M 11 is a bivalent metal selected from Mg, Fe 11 , Ni 11 , Zn, Cd, Co 11 and mixture thereof
- M 111 is a trivalent metal selected from Al, Fe 111 , Ga 111 , Cr 111 , Mn 111 , Co 111 and mixtures thereof
- X is an anion selected from CC>3 2 ⁇ , OH ⁇ and NO 3 ""
- n is an integer ranging from 0 to 6
- a is an integer ranging from 4 to 6.
- the reaction step (a) is carried out at temperatures ranging from 100°C to 150°C and pressures ranging from 2 atm to 0.01 atm.
- the reaction is preferably carried out at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure and even more preferably at pressures ranging from 0.05 atm to 0.01 atm.
- the conversion of the limiting agent (urea) is total and the selectivity to the desired product >95% molar.
- the aliphatic alcohol is preferably of a biological origin, in the text indicated as bioalcohol, and can be obtained either by fermentation of a biomass or molasses, or by the reduction of a fatty acid, acids that normally have an extremely high number of carbon atoms, for example up to 22 carbon atoms.
- the aliphatic alcohol of a biological origin may preferably have up to 22 carbon atoms in the chain and more preferably the aliphatic alcohol obtained can have from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
- ethanol and butanol are particularly preferred.
- the catalyst used in step (b) of the process described and claimed in the present text can be a hydrotalcite having the formula:
- M II 6M III 2 (OH) ⁇ ⁇ 3 ⁇ 40 II 6M III 2 (OH) ⁇ ⁇ 3 ⁇ 40 (II) wherein M 11 is a bivalent metal selected from: Mg, Fe 11 , Ni 11 , Zn, Cd, Co 11 and mixtures thereof.; M 111 is a trivalent metal selected from Al, Fe 111 , Ga 111 , Cr 111 , Mn 111 , Co 111 and mixtures thereof, and X is an anion selected from C0 3 2 ⁇ , OH " and N0 3 " .
- hydrotalcites wherein M 11 is Zn or Mg, or mixtures of the two, and M 111 is selected from Al, Fe and Cr, M 111 is more preferably Al .
- the reaction step (b) is carried out at temperatures ranging from 80°C to 130°C, with pressures ranging from 1 atm to 15 atm.
- the reaction step (b) is carried out using alcohol in excess with respect to the stoichiometric with molar ratios alcohol/ (alkenyl carbonate) ranging from 2.5/1 to 10/1, more preferably from 4/1 to 8/1.
- the reaction reaches thermodynamic equilibrium with a quantitative selectivity to dialkyl carbonate .
- the catalysts of step (a) and step (b) can be preferably the same, but can also have a different chemical composition.
- M 11 is preferably Zn and M 111 is Al .
- Step (a) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Al-N0 3 Step (a) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Al-N0 3 .
- Step (b) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Al-NQ 3 Step (b) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Al-NQ 3 .
- Step (a) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Al-C0 3 Step (a) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Al-C0 3 .
- Step (b) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Al-CQ 3 Step (b) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Al-CQ 3 .
- Step (a) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Fe-CQ 3 Step (a) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Fe-CQ 3 .
- Step (b) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Fe-CQ 3 Ethylene carbonate, produced according to Example 5, and ethanol are charged into a glass reactor in a molar ratio of 1/4; the hydrotalcite
- Step (a) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Cr-CC>3 Step (a) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Cr-CC>3 .
- Step (b) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Cr-C0 3 Step (b) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite Zn-Cr-C0 3 .
- Ethylene carbonate, produced according to Example 5, and ethanol are charged into a glass reactor in a molar ratio of 1/4; the hydrotalcite Zn 6 Cr 2 (OH) i 6 C0 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ , synthesized by the Applicant, is then added in a ratio of 5% by weight; the reaction mixture is heated to 83°C and is sent to reflux for 3 hours. After 3 hours, the reaction is interrupted and the reaction product is analyzed by means of gaschromatography . The conversion of . ethylene carbonate proves to be equal to 80% (thermodynamic limit of the transesterification reaction) with a selectivity to the desired product (diethyl carbonate) equal to 97%.
- reaction intermediate 2-hydroxyethylcarbonate
- metals Zn, Cr
- Urea and ethylene glycol are charged into a glass reactor in a molar ratio of 1/1.2 and the hydrotalcite PURAL MG 70, a commercial product with a molar ratio Mg/Al of 7/3, is added in a ratio of 5% by weight; the reaction mixture is heated to 130°C and a vacuum is applied reducing the pressure to 30 mbar. After 3 hours, the reaction is interrupted and the reaction product is analyzed by means of gaschromatography . The conversion of urea proves to be total with a selectivity to the desired product (ethylene carbonate) equal to 18%.
- the by-products consist of oxazolidone (62%), the corresponding hydroxycarbonate (15%) and ethylene urea (5%) .
- Step (b) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite EXM 2221 Step (b) of the synthesis of diethylene carbonate with hydrotalcite EXM 2221.
- Ethylene carbonate, produced according to comparative Example 1, and ethanol are charged into a glass reactor in a molar ratio of 1/4; the commercial hydrotalcite EXM 2221, magnesium and aluminium hydrotalcite with an unknown chemical composition, is then added in a ratio of 5% by weight; the reaction mixture is heated to 83°C and is sent to reflux for 3 hours. After 4 hours, the reaction is interrupted and the reaction product is analyzed by means of gaschromatography.
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