Basf Se Corporation

Stefanie Demming

Wolfgang Siegel

Stephan Freyer

Gabriele Iffland

Jens Wittenberg

Suman Thotla

Yvonne Hoelzl

Christopher Koradin

Hartwig Schroeder

Manfred Ehresmann

Franz Weber

Melanie Bonnekessel

Till Christian Brueggemann

Andreas Pletsch

Burkhard Ernst

Peter Oedman

Thomas Kaeding

Karin Schein-Albrecht

Christian Brueggemann

Peter ÖDman

Hartwig SCHRÖDER

Till Christian BRÜGGEMANN

The invention pertains to processes to produce dry biomass of pyripyropene producer organisms, processes to obtain pyripyropenes from such dry biomass, as well as to processes to produce compounds of Formula III and/or Formula IV and/or Formula V from the pyripyropenes obtained from the dry biomass. The invention does further pertain to the dry biomass itself, as well as processes using said dry biomass to obtain pyripyropenes for the production of compounds of Formula III and/or Formula IV and/or Formula V, including processes using said dry biomass to obtain pyripyropenes or compounds of Formula III and/or Formula IV and/or Formula V in order to produce pest control compositions, in particular insecticides, comprising such compounds.

Production of pyripyropenes from dry biomass

The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing di-C-alkyl succinates by reacting succinic acid with an C-alkanol in the presence of a fixed-bed heterogeneous acidic esterification catalyst in a tubular reactor at a temperature in the range of from 60 to 100&#xb0; C., wherein a mixture, comprising succinic acid, C-alkanol, mono-C-alkyl succinate, di-C-alkyl succinate and water, is formed in a mixing stage and fed to the entrance of the tubular reactor, and wherein 5 to 75% of the outlet flow rate of the tubular reactor are recycled directly to the mixing stage as a recycle stream, and the molar ratio of C-alkanol to succinic acid added to the mixing zone, and not including the C-alkanol and succinic acid at the recycle stream, being in the range of from 2.0 to 9.5. The invention furthermore relates to a process for separating the reactor effluent of an esterification of succinic acid with an C-alkanol to give di-C1-3-alkyl succinates by distillation, wherein the separation is performed in a divided wall column in which C-alkanol and water are removed in a top draw of the column, di-C-alkyl succinate is removed in a side draw of the column, and wherein mono-C-alkyl succinate and succinic acid are removed in a bottom draw of the column.

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The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing di-C-alkyl succinates by reacting succinic acid with an C-alkanol in the presence of a fixed-bed heterogeneous acidic esterification catalyst in a tubular reactor at a temperature in the range of from 60 to 100&#xb0; C., wherein a mixture, comprising succinic acid, C-alkanol, mono-C-alkyl succinate, di-C-alkyl succinate and water, is formed in a mixing stage and fed to the entrance of the tubular reactor, and wherein 5 to 75% of the outlet flow rate of the tubular reactor are recycled directly to the mixing stage as a recycle stream, and the molar ratio of C-alkanol to succinic acid added to the mixing zone, and not including the C-alkanol and succinic acid at the recycle stream, being in the range of from 2.0 to 9.5. The invention furthermore relates to a process for separating the reactor effluent of an esterification of succinic acid with an C-alkanol to give di-C-alkyl succinates by distillation, wherein the separation is performed in a divided wall column in which C-alkanol and water are removed in a top draw of the column, di-C-alkyl succinate is removed in a side draw of the column, and wherein mono-C-alkyl succinate and succinic acid are removed in a bottom draw of the column.

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Mannheim, Germany

Stefanie Demming