Atochem

Pierre Tellier

Jean-pierre Pleuvry

Jean-pierre Schirmann

Jean-Pierre Pleuvry

Bertrand Collier

Jean-Pierre Schirmann

Gerard Krempf

Azines, e.g., ketazines, are continuously produced by (i) establishing a loop having an azine reaction medium circulating therein, such loop including an azine reaction zone, means for separating azine final product from the circulating reaction medium, means for heating the reaction medium and for purging water therefrom, and means for recycling heated and purged reaction medium to the azine reaction zone, (ii) introducing hydrogen peroxide, ammonia and a carbonyl compound into the circulating reaction medium in the azine reaction zone, (iii) withdrawing azine final product thus formed from the circulating reaction medium. downstream of the azine reaction zone, (iii) thereafter purging water from the circulating reaction medium to maintain the volume thereof essentially constant, (iv) heating the circulating reaction medium to a temperature of at least 130&deg; C., (v) recycling thus heated reaction medium to the azine reaction zone, and (vi), at any point along the loop, introducing a reagent into the circulating reaction medium as to essentially maintain the equilibrium of the azine-forming reaction; the final product azines are conveniently hydrolyzed into hydrazine hydrate.

Continuous production of azines/hydrazine hydrate

Solutions of hydrazine hydrate are vaporized, without any concomitant decomposition thereof, by heating such solutions, in the liquid phase, under conditions as to effect the decompression or volatilization thereof; this process is particularly applicable for the vaporization of that hydrazine hydrate solution contained in the reboiler of a column wherein the hydrolysis of an azine R.sub.1 R.sub.2 C.dbd.N-N.dbd.CR.sub.1 R.sub.2 is carried out, with recovery of hydrazine hydrate at the base of the column and of a ketone, R.sub.1 R.sub.2 C.dbd.O, at the column head.

Vaporization of solutions of hydrazine hydrate

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