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CA2040240A1 - Process for the preparation of methanolic methyltri-n-alkylphosphonium iodide solution - Google Patents

Process for the preparation of methanolic methyltri-n-alkylphosphonium iodide solution

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CA2040240A1
CA2040240A1 CA002040240A CA2040240A CA2040240A1 CA 2040240 A1 CA2040240 A1 CA 2040240A1 CA 002040240 A CA002040240 A CA 002040240A CA 2040240 A CA2040240 A CA 2040240A CA 2040240 A1 CA2040240 A1 CA 2040240A1
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alkylphosphonium
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Heinz Erpenbach
Reinhard Gradl
Erhard Jagers
Andreas Seidel
Norbert Weferling
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    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07FACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM
    • C07F9/00Compounds containing elements of Groups 5 or 15 of the Periodic Table
    • C07F9/02Phosphorus compounds
    • C07F9/28Phosphorus compounds with one or more P—C bonds
    • C07F9/54Quaternary phosphonium compounds
    • C07F9/5407Acyclic saturated phosphonium compounds

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Abstract

Process for the preparation of methanolic methyltri-n-alkylphosphonium iodide solution Abstract of the disclosure A process for the preparation of methanolic methyltri-n-alkylphosphonium iodide solution having 3 to 8 carbon atoms in the carbon chain and prepared from tri-n-alkyl-phosphine and methyl iodide in a diluent is described, in which methanol is used as the diluent.

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The lnvention relates -to a process for the preparation of methanolic methyltri-n-alkylphosphonium iodide solut.i.on having 3 to 8 carbon atoms in the carbon chain and prepared from ~ri-n-alkylphosphine and methyl iodide in a diluent.

Quaternary phosphonium salts are effective promoters in carbonylation reactions for preparing acetic acid and acetic anhydride where noble metal compounds, in par-ticular rhodium compounds, are used as the catalyst.
Suitable preparation methods are described in DE-A-2,450,965.

~ecently, in particular the rhodiumcarbonyl complexes [CH3P(C4Hg) 3 ~ Rh(CO)I4 or [CH3P(C4Hg) 3 ] Rh ( CO )2I2 are described for effective catalyst systems (EP-B-0,240,703).

The quaternary phosphonium halides axe prepared according to the reaction scheme R~P + Hal-R' ~ [R3~-R'~Hal~

When methyl iodide is reacted with tertiary phosphines, a very vigorous reaction occurs, making necessary the use of diluents, such as ether or benzene (HOUBEN-WEYL:
"Methoden der Organischen Chemie" [Methods of Organic Chemistry], 1963, volume 12.l, page 79).

In industry, hexane is nowadays used as the diluent. The dis~dvantage of all previously utilized diluents is that the quaternary phosphonium halide precipitates as a salt and has to be separated off from the diluent before further use as a promoter in carbonylation reactions.

Surprisingly, it has now been found that the reaction of tri-n alkylphosphine having 3 to 8 carbon atoms in the carbon chain with methyl iodide takes place in a homo-geneous phase if methanol is used as the diluent. The formation of the desired phosphonium sal~s by this method takes place quantitatively, relative to the component 20~0240 used in less than an equivalent amount.

The process of the invention can furthermore preferably and alternatively comprise a) carrying out the reaction with the exclusion of air, b) using tri-n-alkylphosphine and methyl iodide in a ` molar ratio of 1 to (1.1 to 0.95), .:, c) adjusting the molar ratio of methyltri-n-alkyl-phosphonium iodide to methanol to 1 to ~1 to 20), in ~` particular to 1 to (4 to 10).
:, The process of the invention makes it unnecessary to completely separate off a foreign diluent and to redis-`~ solve the methyltri-n-alkylphosphonium iodide in the reaction mixture of the carbonylation; furthermore, the carbonylation products are not contaminated with a foreign diluent and the purification or disposal of the foxeign diluent which is contaminated after multiple use is omitted.

; Example 1 A mixture of 168 g (1.05 mol) of tri-n-propylphosphine : 20 and 320 g of methanol is initially introduced into a 1 1 multi-neck flask, equipped with stirrer, internal thermo-meter, reflux condenser, dropping funnel and nitrogen introduction line, which has been rendered inert with nitrogen. 150 g (1.06 mol) of methyl iodide are added dropwise to this mixture at room temperature over a period of 2 hours with vigorous stirring. After the dropwise addition is completed and the exothermic reac-tion has subsided, the reaction mixture is kept under reflux conditions for another hour.
The 31p NMR spectrum of the clear, colorless solution no longer showed any signal of the starting compound tri-n-propylphosphine (-33 ppm). 99% of the 31p NMR signal intensity for methyltripropylphosphonium iodide was found 20~0240 at +31 ppm.

- Example 2 202 g (1 mol) of tributylphosphine and 160 g (5 mol) of methanol are initially introduced into a O.S l multi-neck flask, equipped with stirrer, internal thermometer, dropping funnel, reflux condenser and nitrogen introduc-tion line, which has been rendered inert. Under an inert gas atmosphere, the mixture is heated to 60C, and lS7 g (1.1 mol) of methyl iodide are added dropwise over a i. 10 period of 40 minutes. The enthalpy of the reaction which is liberated keeps the mixture boiling without any additional heat input. After the addition of methyl iodide, the clear, colorless reaction mixture is kept at 65C for another 45 minutes.
Analysis of the 31p NMR spectrum of the product showed that the tributylphosphine had been converted quantita-tively to methyltributylphosphonium iodide (+32 ppm).

Example 3 As described in Example 2, 70 g (0.5 mol) of methyl iodide are added dropwise to 190 g (0.52 mol) of tri-n-octylphosphine in 275 g of methanol. The reaction is allowed to continue at 65C for another 2 hours.
As expected, in addition to traces of oxide and residual unconverted tri-n-octylphosphine (3.5%; -32.5 ppm), only methyltrioctylphosphonium iodide (+31 ppm) was found in the 31p NMR spectrum of the product.

Claims (5)

1. A process for the preparation of a methanolic solu-tion of methyltri-n-alkylphosphonium iodide having 3 to 8 carbon atoms in the carbon chain, which comprises reacting tri-n-alkylphosphine with methyl iodide in methanol as the diluent.
2. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reaction is carried out with the exclusion of air.
3. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein tri-n-alkylphosphine is reacted with methyl iodide in a molar ratio of 1 to (1.1 to 0.95).
4. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the molar ratio of methyltri-n-alkylphosphonium iodide to methanol is adjusted to 1 to (1 to 20).
5. The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the molar ratio is 1 to (4 to 10).
CA002040240A 1990-05-02 1991-04-11 Process for the preparation of methanolic methyltri-n-alkylphosphonium iodide solution Abandoned CA2040240A1 (en)

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DE4014073A DE4014073A1 (en) 1990-05-02 1990-05-02 METHOD FOR PRODUCING METHANOLIC METHYL-TRI-N-ALKYL-PHOSPHONIUM IODIDE SOLUTION
DEP4014073.3 1990-05-02

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US8916727B2 (en) 2011-12-16 2014-12-23 Celanese International Corporation Production of acetic acid with enhanced catalyst stability

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US8916727B2 (en) 2011-12-16 2014-12-23 Celanese International Corporation Production of acetic acid with enhanced catalyst stability

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