Valeronitrile hydrolysis in supercritical water
| Autor: | Herbert Vogel, Michael Sarlea, Sabine Kohl, Nina Blickhan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Green chemistry
chemistry.chemical_classification Hot Temperature Valeric acid Nitrile General Chemical Engineering Hydrolysis Inorganic chemistry Mineral acid Water Supercritical fluid Catalysis chemistry.chemical_compound Kinetics General Energy chemistry Pentanes Nitriles Hydrocyanation Pressure Environmental Chemistry Organic chemistry General Materials Science Pentanoic Acids |
| Zdroj: | ChemSusChem. 3(1) |
| ISSN: | 1864-564X |
| Popis: | Nitriles act as important intermediates for the chemical industry and are accessible on a large scale through hydrocyanation or ammonoxidation. Nitrile hydrolysis yields amides and acids used in various applications. The conventional nitrile hydrolysis process relies on stoichiometric amounts of mineral acid or base which inherently deliver great amounts of waste brine. Improving this process towards green chemistry would require reaction conditions which can provide technically significant results without the use of catalysts. Under these conditions, the hydrolysis of valeronitrile in pure supercritical water was investigated. The experiments were performed in a continuous high pressure laboratory-scale apparatus at a temperature between 400 and 500 degrees C, 30 MPa pressure and maximal residence time of 100 s. Nitrile conversion and valeric acid selectivity greater than 90% were achieved. |
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