Experimental Studies of Catalytic Hydrogenation of Isophthalonitrile for Meta-Xylenediamine Preparation

Abstract:

With Raney nickel catalyst, the process of catalytic hydrogenation of isophthalonitrile for meta-xylenediamine preparation using aniline as the solvent is studied in this paper. The effect of the amount of catalyst, the reaction pressure and temperature is discussed. The results show that: on the conditions of the initial raw materials concentration for 2.0mol/L, the ratio of the catalyst quality and the IPN quality for 1/10, the reaction temperature for 100°C, the reaction pressure for 35bar, the reaction inhibitor NaOH for 0.6g and some additives, the reaction is conducted for 80min and the quality yield of meta-xylenediamine is up to 98.58%.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 936)
• Pages: 1012-1016
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.936.1012
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Yu Gang Li*
• Keywords: Catalyze, Hydrogenation, Isophthalonitrile (IPN), Meta-Xylenediamine (MXDA)

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