Petroleum Processing and Petrochemicals ›› 2016, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (2): 60-64.

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SYNTHESIS OF DISCARBOXYL PHENOXY PHTHALOCYANINE COBALT AND APPLICATION IN OXIDATION DESULFURIZATION OF MERCAPTAN COMPOUNDS

  

  • Received:2015-06-30 Revised:2015-07-25 Online:2016-02-12 Published:2016-01-29

Abstract:

The 4-(3,5-dicarboxy) phenoxyphthalonitrile as an intermediate was synthesized with 4-Nitrophthalonitrile and 5-hydroxy isophthalic acid as raw materials, followed by the purification by column chromatography. Afterwards, a new tetra -2(3), 9(10), 16(17), 23(24) - (3,5-discarboxylphenoxy) phthalocyanine cobalt was obtained from the intermediate under the catalytic action of 1,8-diazabicyclo undec-7-ene (DBU). The intermediate and the final product were characterized by mass spectrum, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) and MADLI-TOF-MS techniques. The sweetening performance of the synthesized phthalocyanine cobalt was evaluated using mercaptan compounds and compared with the industrial catalysts. The sulfur conversions of n-propyl mercaptan and n-butyl mercaptan of the synthesized phthalocyanine cobalt are both around 98.0%, and for t-butyl mercaptan the conversion is 68.2%. The results show that the sweetening performance of the synthesized phthalocyanine cobalt is better than the industrial catalysts.

Key words: metallophthalocyanine, synthesis, column chromatography, sweetening