Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

Takaki Ikebe

Toshio Watanabe

Teruyuki Ninomiya

Atsushi Iwamoto

Akira Mori

Shizuo Togo

Yasuo Sugihara

A method of producing a highly pure trimethylolpropane from a crude trimethylolpropane obtained by a reaction of n-butyl aldehyde and formaldehyde in the presence of a basic catalyst in a two-stage process of an aldol condensation and a crossed Cannizzaro reaction. Since a high-boiling component and an inorganic salt are removed in advance from the crude trimethylolpropane, hardly removable impurities such as condensation products in the crude trimethylolpropane are changed in the subsequent heat treatment under acidic conditions to components easily removable by distillation. By distilling the heat-treated crude trimethylolpropane, a highly pure trimethylolpropane with a low content of remaining formaldehyde and a low coloring degree is easily obtained.

Method of producing highly pure trimethylolpropane

A process for producing a polyhydric alcohol with high selectivity by subjecting formaldehyde and a specific aliphatic aldehyde to an aldol condensation reaction in the presence of a base catalyst, and then subjecting the resultant reaction product to a crossed Cannizzaro reaction, while reacting a solution containing a 2-substituted-2-alkanal, formed as a byproduct during the aldol condensation reaction, with water or formaldehyde in the presence of the base catalyst, and thereafter reacting the resultant mixture with the aliphatic aldehyde.

Process for producing polyhydric alcohol

A process for producing a polyhydric alcohol which comprises subjecting formaldehyde and a specific aliphatic aldehyde to an aldol condensation reaction in the presence of a base catalyst, and then subjecting the resultant reaction product to a crossed Cannizzaro reaction, while separating 2-alkenal formed as a byproduct during the aldol condensation reaction, prior to the completion of the crossed Cannizzaro reaction. Also a process for producing a polyhydric alcohol which comprises reacting formaldehyde with a 2-alkenal, such as that obtained in the aldol condensation reaction, in the presence of a base catalyst, then subjecting the resultant reaction product and a specific aliphatic aldehyde to an aldol condensation reaction, and subsequently subjecting the resultant reaction product to a crossed Cannizzaro reaction. The processes provide a polyhydric alcohol in high selectivity with a minimum excess of formaldehyde, without substantially by-producing a 2-alkenal.

A process for producing ditrimethylolpropane which comprises reacting trimethylolpropane, 2-ethylacrolein, and formaldehyde in the presence of a basic catalyst. Ditrimethylolpropane is produced efficiently and industrially advantageously.

Process for producing ditrimethylolpropane

There is disclosed a process for producing a polyhydric alcohol which comprises reacting an aliphatic aldehyde with formaldehyde in the presence of a base compound consisting essentially of a hydrogencarbonate and a carbonate which have been formed by the oxidation or hydrolysis of a formic acid salt, in particular, the process according to the above process wherein a formic acid salt which has been by-produced by the reaction of an aliphatic aldehyde with formaldehyde is oxidized or hydrolyzed in the presence of a noble metal catalyst or a nickel catalyst in a reductive state to form a base compound consisting essentially of a hydrogencarbonate and a carbonate and this base compound is circulated through the reaction of the aldehyde and formaldehyde and is reused as the base compound. The above process enables easy and highly efficient production of high quality polyhydric alcohols substantially without by-producing a formic acid salt with a low value-added.

A method of removing organic impurities from an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide, which comprises bringing an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide containing organic impurities into contact with a halogen-containing porous resin having a true specific gravity in the wet state of 1.1 to 1.3.

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Okayama-ken, Japan

Takaki Ikebe