Kinetics of the decomposition of dimethylhexane-1,6-dicarbamate to1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate

The kinetics of the decomposition of dimethylhexane-1,6-dicarbamate to 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate was studied. A consecutive reaction model was established and the reaction orders for the two steps were confirmed to be 1 and 1.3 by the integral test method and the numerical differential method, respectively. The activation energies of the two steps were （56.94 4±5.90） kJ·mol^-1 and （72.07±3.47） kJ·mol^-1 with the frequency factors exp（ 12.53±1.42） min^- 1 and （ 14.254±0.84） tool^-0.33. L^0.33·min^-1, respectively. Based on the kinetic model obtained, the progress of the reaction can be calculated under given conditions.

Heterogeneous synthesis of dimethylhexane-1,6-dicarbamate from 1,6-hexanediamine and methyl carbonate in methanol over a CeO_2 catalyst

The efficient synthesis of dimethylhexane-1,6-dicarbamate(HDC)from 1,6-hexanediamine(HDA)and methyl carbonate over a series of heterogeneous catalysts(e.g.,Mg O,Fe2O3,Mo2O3,and Ce O2)was investigated.The reaction pathway was confirmed as an alcoholysis reaction through a series of designed experiments.Under optimized conditions,100%HDA conversion with 83.1%HDCtotaland 16.9%polyurea was obtained using a onestep with high temperature procedure with Ce O2as the catalyst.A new two-step with variable temperature technology was developed based on the reaction pathway to reduce the polyurea yield.Using the proposed method,the HDCtotalyield reached 95.2%,whereas the polyurea yield decreased to 4.8%.The Ce O2catalyst showed high stability and did not exhibit any observable decrease in the HDC yield or any structural changes after four recycling periods.

Non-phosgene synthesis of hexamethylene-1,6-diisocyanate from thermal decomposition of hexamethylene-1,6-dicarbamate over Zn–Co bimetallic supported ZSM-5 catalyst

A non-phosgene route for the synthesis of hexamethylene-1,6-diisocyanate(HDI) was developed via catalytic decomposition of hexamethylene-1,6-dicarbamate(HDC) over Zn–Co bi-metallic supported ZSM-5 catalyst.The catalyst was characterized by FTIR and XRD analyses. Three solvents dioctyl sebacate(DOS), dibutyl sebacate(DBS) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate(BMIMBF_4) were investigated and compared; DOS gave better performance. The catalytic performances for thermal decomposition of HDC to HDI using DOS as solvent were then investigated, and the results showed that, under the optimized reaction conditions, i.e.,10 wt%concentration of HDC in DOS, 250 °C temperature, 60 min reaction time, 83.8% yield of HDI had been achieved over Zn–Co/ZSM-5. Decomposition of the intermediate hexamethylene-1-carbamate-6-isocyanate(HMI) over Zn–Co/ZSM-5 in DOS solvent was further studied and the results indicated that yield of HDI from HMI reached to 69.6%(98.6% HDI selectively) at 270 °C, which further increased the yield of the total HDI(HDI_(tol)) to as high as 95.0%. Recycling of catalyst showed that HDI and HMI yield slightly decreased, and by-product yield increased after the catalyst was reused for 4 times. At last possible reaction mechanism was proposed.