| 摘要 |
A process is described for the production of cyclohexanedimethanol by hydrogenation of a dialkyl cyclohexanedicarboxylate which comprises: (a) providing a hydrogenation zone containing a charge of a granular heterogeneous ester hydrogenation catalyst; (b) forming a vaporous feed stream of a hydrogen-containing gas,and a hydrogenatable material comprising a dialkyl cyclohexanedicarboxylate at a feed temperature which is in the range of from about 150 DEG C. to about 350 DEG C. and which is above the dew point of the feed stream and at a feed pressure in the range of from about 150 psia (about 10.34 bar) to about 2000 psia (about 137.90 bar), said vaporous feed stream having a known hydrogen-containing gas:dialkyl cyclohexanedicarboxylate ratio; (c) supplying the vaporous feed stream to the hydrogenation zone; (d) maintaining hydrogenation conditions in the hydrogenation zone which are effective to maintain the reaction mixture in contact with the hydrogenation catalyst above its dew po int; (e) passing the vaporous feed stream through the hydrogenation zone; and (f) recovering from the hydrogenation zone a product stream containing cyclohexanedimethanol. In this process it is preferred to use dimethyl 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate to produce 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol. |
