Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

Ryotaro Umezu

Hidefumi Harada

Takehiko Isobe

Yousuke Shinkai

Keisuke Shimokawa

Hongyu Liu

The present invention provides a method for producing an aromatic nitrile compound, the method comprising a dehydration reaction wherein a desired compound can be selectively obtained with high yield while suppressing the generation of by-products during the regeneration of an aromatic amide compound into the corresponding aromatic nitrile compound. In addition, the present invention realizes a method for efficiently producing a carbonate ester by applying the abovementioned production method to a method for producing a carbonate ester. The above are achieved by means of a method for producing an aromatic nitrile compound involving a dehydration reaction wherein an aromatic amide compound is dehydrated, the method having a contact step for bringing the aromatic amide compound into contact with a catalyst in a gas phase during the dehydration reaction.

Method for producing aromatic nitrile compound and method for producing carbonate ester

To achieve a method for producing a carbonic ester at a high yield by a simple process while suppressing formation of by-products, for example, a method for producing an aliphatic carbonic ester. The above problem is solved by a method for producing a carbonic ester, the method including a carbonic ester formation reaction in which an alcohol and carbon dioxide are reacted in the presence of an aromatic nitrile compound and a catalyst, wherein the water content in the alcohol used in the carbonic ester formation reaction is 0.10% by mass or less.

Method for producing carbonic ester

Realized is a method for restoring the activity of a catalyst for producing a carbonate ester by a simple technique with no use of a complicated step such as calcining or the like to allow the catalyst to be reusable, and a method for producing a carbonate ester at a high yield by use of the catalyst thus regenerated. The above-described problem has been solved by a method for regenerating a catalyst containing CeO, the catalyst being usable for a carbonate ester generation reaction of generating a carbonate ester from carbon dioxide and an alcohol, the method comprising (a) a separation step of separating the catalyst as a crude catalyst from a reaction solution of carbon dioxide and the alcohol; and (b) a catalyst processing step of washing the crude catalyst with a washing alcohol to provide a purified catalyst.

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Ryotaro Umezu