APPLICATION OF POLYDENTATE PHOSPHITE LIGAND IN CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS OF ADIPONITRILE

• Main Authors: CHEN, Zhirong, MA, Li, HUANG, Guodong, YIN, Hong, WANG, Keyan, ZHOU, Guiyang, XU, Yong, ZHA, Zengshi, WU, Wenbin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 08.11.2023
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAININGELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN,SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The present disclosure relates to a use of a multidentate phosphite ligand in the catalytic synthesis of adiponitrile. The ligand is represented by the following general formula (I). The method of catalytic synthesis of adiponitrile comprises primary hydrocyanation, isomerization, and secondary hydrocyanation reactions, wherein the catalyst adopted each comprises a phosphite ligand-nickel complex composed of a nickel precursor and a multidentate phosphite ligand. The ligand molecule has a higher electron cloud density, and the phosphorus content capable of participating in coordination in the ligand molecule per unit mass is higher, so that the catalytic activity of the catalyst is improved, and the amount of the catalyst is reduced. Meanwhile, the steric and spatial configuration of the phosphite ligand-nickel complex may be adjusted by designing and optimizing the framework structure of the ligand, and the chemical environment and the steric effect around a metal center may be changed by the designing and optimizing mentioned above combine with flexibly regulating the electronic effect and the steric hindrance effect of a substituent on the molecular structure of the ligand, so that the selectivity of a linear product adiponitrile is improved.