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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2020
Dow Technology Investments Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Marinus A. Bigi, Pearland, TX (US);
Michael A. Brammer, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Thomas C. Eisenschmid, Cross Lanes, WV (US);
Glenn A. Miller, South Charleston, WV (US);
George R. Phillips, South Charleston, WV (US);
Amarnath Singh, Pearland, TX (US);
Dow Technology Investments LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to processes for the recovery of rhodium from a catalyst purge stream from a C6 or higher olefin hydroformylation process. In one embodiment, the process comprises (a) treating a catalyst-containing liquid purge stream from the hydroformylation process, wherein the catalyst comprises a precious metal and an organophosphorous ligand, with an oxidant in the presence of a separate liquid aqueous phase comprising a halide-free acid at a sufficient temperature to effect oxidation of a majority of the contained organophosphorous ligand, wherein the halide-free acid is a C1-C6 organic acid or phosphorous acid; (b) recovering the aqueous phase; (c) contacting the aqueous phase with a separate organic phase by mixing the two phases under a syngas atmosphere, wherein the separate organic phase comprises water-insoluble, hydrolysable organophosphorous ligand and recycled olefin from a hydroformylation process; and (d) separating the organic phase to be recycled back to a hydroformylation process.