CPC C07C 45/45 (2013.01) [B01J 23/10 (2013.01); C07C 17/08 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method for preparing pinacolone, comprising:
reacting raw materials in the presence of a catalyst to produce pinacolone;
wherein the raw materials comprise 2-methyl-2-butene, hydrochloric acid and formaldehyde;
the catalyst is a single lanthanide Lewis acid, a compounded lanthanide Lewis acid, or a lanthanide metal oxide soluble in hydrochloric acid;
the single lanthanide Lewis acid is selected from the group consisting of lanthanum chloride, cerium chloride, praseodymium chloride and neodymium chloride;
the compounded lanthanide Lewis acid is a combination of a first component and a second component; wherein the first component is selected from the group consisting of lanthanum chloride, cerium chloride, praseodymium chloride and neodymium chloride; the second component is selected from the group consisting of lanthanum chloride, cerium chloride, praseodymium chloride, neodymium chloride, erbium chloride, holmium chloride, dysprosium chloride, thulium chloride, and a combination thereof; and the second component is free of a compound selected as the first component;
a molar ratio of the first component to the second component in the compounded lanthanide Lewis acid is 1-50:50-1; and
in a case that the second component is a combination of two compounds respectively selected from the group consisting of lanthanum chloride, cerium chloride, praseodymium chloride, neodymium chloride, erbium chloride, holmium chloride, dysprosium chloride and thulium chloride, a molar ratio of the first component to one of the two compounds to the other of the two compounds is 1-5:1-3:1-3.
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