MEHRSTUFENVERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON HEXAMETHYLENDIISOCYANAT-1,6 UND/ODER ISOMEREN ALIPHATISCHEN DIISOCYANATEN MIT 6 KOHLENSTOFFATOMEN IM ALKYLENREST

摘要

Hexamethylene diisocyanate and/or isomeric alkylene diisocyanates having 6 carbon atoms in the alkylene radical, preferably 2-methylpentamethylene 1,5-diisocyanate and/or 2-ethyltetramethylene 1,4-diisocyanate are prepared without the use of phosgene in a multiple-step process by means of (a) reacting hexamethylene 1,6-diamine and/or isomeric alkylene diamines having 6 carbon atoms in the alkylene radical with urea and alcohol in the presence of dialkyl carbonate and/or carbamic acid alkyl ester as well as, in some cases, catalysts to form hexamethylene 1,6-dialkylurethane and/or isomeric alkylene dialkylurethanes having 6 carbon atoms in the alkylene radical, (b) separation and return to reaction step (a) of alcohol, dialkyl carbonate, and/or carbamic acid alkyl ester from the reaction mixture (c) evaporation of the hexamethylene 1,6-dialkylurethane and/or isomeric alkylene dialkylurethanes having 6 carbon atoms in the alkylene radical, (d) cleavage of the vaporized diurethanes into hexamethylene diisocyanate and/or isomeric alkylene diisocyanate having 6 carbon atoms in the alkylene radical and alcohol, and (e) fractional condensation of the cleavage products.