Here, the employment of subcritical water as an environmentally benign media has shown a certain potential for the hydrolysis ofiminodiaeetonitrile (IDAN). Additives (such as NH3.H2O, (NH4)2CO3, K2CO3) were sele...Here, the employment of subcritical water as an environmentally benign media has shown a certain potential for the hydrolysis ofiminodiaeetonitrile (IDAN). Additives (such as NH3.H2O, (NH4)2CO3, K2CO3) were selected to investigate the reactivity ofiminodiacetonitrile in the solutions of these species in the subcritical region for the possibility of preparing iminodiacetic acid (IDA) salts. A series of reactions were performed in a high temperature and pressure batch reactor with temperature ranging from 200 to 260 ℃, time ranging from 4 to 10 min, pressure ranging from 5 to 25 MPa and varying concentration of additives to consider the influence of these parameters on the yield of IDA salts. Reactivity of IDAN was not illustrated with the conversion but with respect to the yield of resultant IDA salts. The results demonstrate that hydrolysis reactivity of IDAN under the examined conditions has shown a remarkable sensitivity to the pH of the system at initial point of the reaction stage, and temperature effect is also obvious. Based on the results, possible reaction pathway and mechanism were proposed.展开更多
文摘Here, the employment of subcritical water as an environmentally benign media has shown a certain potential for the hydrolysis ofiminodiaeetonitrile (IDAN). Additives (such as NH3.H2O, (NH4)2CO3, K2CO3) were selected to investigate the reactivity ofiminodiacetonitrile in the solutions of these species in the subcritical region for the possibility of preparing iminodiacetic acid (IDA) salts. A series of reactions were performed in a high temperature and pressure batch reactor with temperature ranging from 200 to 260 ℃, time ranging from 4 to 10 min, pressure ranging from 5 to 25 MPa and varying concentration of additives to consider the influence of these parameters on the yield of IDA salts. Reactivity of IDAN was not illustrated with the conversion but with respect to the yield of resultant IDA salts. The results demonstrate that hydrolysis reactivity of IDAN under the examined conditions has shown a remarkable sensitivity to the pH of the system at initial point of the reaction stage, and temperature effect is also obvious. Based on the results, possible reaction pathway and mechanism were proposed.