OXIDATION CATALYST FOR HYDROCARBON COMPOUND, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING OXIDE OF HYDROCARBON COMPOUND USING SAME

• Main Authors: KATAGIRI NAOYA, KUROSAWA KAZUNORI, FUNATSU JOJI, KUGIMOTO JUNICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.03.2014
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

According to a first embodiment of the invention, an oxide of a hydrocarbon compound can be produced with high yield and high productivity by oxidizing the hydrocarbon compound with molecular oxygen to produce a ketone and/or an alcohol, said method comprising: (a) oxidizing the hydrocarbon compound at a temperature of 160°C or less to obtain the corresponding hydroperoxide; (b) decomposing the hydroperoxide to obtain the corresponding ketone and alcohol; and (c) transferring the reaction solution obtained by the step (a) to a unit in which the step (b) is carried out; wherein a reacting unit for carrying out at least the final stage reaction in the step (a) and a transferring unit for the step (c) have an inner surface formed by a material from which no transition metal ion is generated. According to another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus for oxidizing a hydrocarbon compound with molecular oxygen to produce a ketone and/or an alcohol comprises: a reacting unit for oxidizing the hydrocarbon compound to obtain the corresponding hydroperoxide; a decomposing unit for decomposing the hydroperoxide to obtain the corresponding ketone and alcohol; and a transferring unit for transferring the reaction solution obtained by the reacting unit to the decomposing unit; wherein a reacting unit for carrying out at least the final stage reaction the reacting unit and the transferring unit have an inner surface formed by a material from which no transition metal ion is generated.