Hyosung Corporation

Yang-Ho Chenon

Young-Gyo Choi

Ik-Hyun Kwon

Young-Go Choi

High-purity 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene is prepared by (1) subjecting a dimethylnaphthalene isomer mixture rich in 1,5-dimethylnaphthalene, high boiling point materials, unreacted 1,5-dimethyltetralin, and low boiling point materials, which are produced from a dehydrogenation reaction of 1,5-dimethyltetralin, to separation, using a distillation column; subjecting the dimethylnaphthalene mixture separated by the distillation column to liquid state isomerization in the presence of an isomerization catalyst; (3) a first crystallization (melt crystallization process) by cooling the product of liquid state isomerization with a refrigerant without a solvent to form crystals; and (4) a second crystallization (solution crystallization process) of mixing the crystals of the first crystallization step with a solvent to form crystals.

Method for obtaining 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene using isomerization and crystallization processes

A method for separating and purifying 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene, is provided in which 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene of high purity is obtained from a mixture of dimethylnaphthalene isomers with a high yield, by means of a combined process of column melt crystallization and sweating operation.

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