Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

Sadao Nozaki

Masaharu Doya

Shigeo Yoshinaka

Tomiyoshi Furuta

Takashi Suzuki

Mikio Yoneoka

Takeo Ikarashi

Seiji Uchiyama

Kumiko Watabe

Yasuo Yamamoto

Kazuo Takada

Seiiji Uchiyama

Kouichi Kitahara

A condensed liquid obtained after separation of gaseous components from the gas produced by the steam reforming reaction of methanol is brought into contact, in a gaseous phase, with catalyst (I) containing copper oxide (A), oxide of at least one type of metals selected from the group consisting of zinc, aluminium and chromium (B) and oxide of the group VIII metal in the periodic table (C), or catalyst (II) comprising the group VIII metal in the periodic table or compound thereof supported on carriers. The treatment of the condensed liquid yields water containing substantially no methanol, ethanol and high boiling point components. The treated condensed liquid causes no pollution problem when disposed as effluent and may be reused for the steam reforming reaction of methanol.

Steam reforming of methanol

A method of recovering a catalytic cobalt and/or manganese from a distillation residue in a process for preparing an aromatic carboxylic acid comprising a liquid-phase oxidation of the aromatic hydrocarbon having aliphatic substituent(s) or its oxidized derivatives in the presence of the catalytic cobalt and/or manganese and the distillation of the reaction product, which comprises successively or simultaneously treating the distillation residue with water and with an organic solvent having a relative dielectric constant D of

Method of recovering a catalytic metal

A batchwise or continuous process for producing isophthaloyl dichloride or terephthaloyl dichloride having a high purity which comprises, in combination, (1) a first step of producing .alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.',.alpha.',.alpha.'-hexachloroxylene by reacting meta- or para-xylene with chlorine under the irradiation of ultraviolet-containing rays, the reaction being carried out in the presence of, as a solvent, .alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.',.alpha.',.alpha.'-hexachloroxylene added at the outset of the reaction; (2) a second step of producing isophthaloyl dichloride or terephthaloyl dichloride by reacting the .alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.',.alpha.',.alpha.'-hexachloroxylene obtained in the first step with isophthalic acid or terephthalic acid; and (3) a third step of purifying the isophthaloyl dichloride or terephthaloyl dichloride obtained in the second step by dissolving the isophthaloyl dichloride or terephthaloyl dichloride in 0.3 to 6 parts by weight; per part by weight of the phthaloyl dichloride, of C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, and cooling the solution to a temperature of the specified range thereby to recrystallize the phthaloyl dichloride.

Process for producing phthaloyl dichlorides of high purity

This invention concerns to a process for .alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.',.alpha.',.alpha.'-hexachloroxylene by reacting m-xylene or p-xylene or a partially chlorinated product thereof with chlorine under the irradiation of ultraviolet rays, the process comprising (1) a first-step chlorination reaction which is carried out in the presence of .alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.',.alpha.',.alpha.'-hexachloroxylene as a solvent added at the initial stage of the reaction, and continued until a compound convertible to .alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.',.alpha.',.alpha.'-hexachloroxylene by chlorination becomes substantially absent in the reaction mixture, and (2) a second-step chlorination reaction which is continued from the first-step chlorination and carried out to convert difficulty-separable by-products present in the reaction mixture to easily-separable compounds. This invention also concerns to a process for producing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid chloride which comprise reacting the resulting .alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.',.alpha.',.alpha.'-hexachloroxylene with isophthalic acid or terephthalic acid.

Process for producing

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Sadao Nozaki