Mixture for recovery utilization or transfer of carbon dioxide

1. A method of obtaining a liquid mixture for transferring carbon dioxide, comprising

reacting gaseous carbon dioxide with an alkyltin alkoxide at a temperature in a range of from −60° C. to 100° C., forming a carbon dioxide complex of an alkyltin alkoxide, and

preparing a liquid mixture comprising

an alkyltin alkoxide composition containing an alkyltin alkoxide, the carbon dioxide complex, and a tetraalkyldialkoxydistannoxane; and

carbon dioxide;

wherein taking the number of mols of tin atoms in the alkyltin alkoxide and/or the carbon dioxide complex of the alkyltin alkoxide contained in the mixture to be Z,

taking carbon dioxide incorporated in the carbon dioxide complex of the alkyltin alkoxide, and carbon dioxide contained in the mixture to be (CO 2 ),

and taking OR groups contained in the mixture to be (OR), wherein O in each of the OR groups represents an oxygen atom, and R represents an aliphatic group or an aralkyl group, being (i) R of an OR group forming a tin-OR linkage and/or (ii) R of an OR group forming an —O—(CO)—OR linkage in the carbon dioxide complex of the alkyltin alkoxide,

in a relationship Z:(CO 2 ) x :(OR) y , a molar proportion represented by Z is 1, a molar proportion represented by x is in a range of from 0.1 to 2, and a molar proportion represented by y is in a range of from 0.5 to 2.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the R groups is an aliphatic group.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the R groups is an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the R groups is an alkyl group having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical reaction is brought about at a pressure in a range of from about 1 atm to 1 MPa.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the alkyltin alkoxide composition is in a liquid state when the gaseous carbon dioxide is absorbed therein.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the tetraalkyldialkoxydistannoxane is a tetraalkyldialkoxydistannoxane represented by following general formula (1):

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 independently represent an aliphatic group or an aralkyl group, R 3 and R 6 independently represent an aliphatic group or an aralkyl group, a and b are integers from 0 to 2 with a+b=2, and c and d are integers from 0 to 2 with c+d=2.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the alkyltin alkoxide composition is an alkyltin alkoxide composition containing a monomer, aggregate, or polymeric component of at least one dialkyltin alkoxide.

9. A carbonate production process, comprising reacting the liquid mixture according to claim 1 with carbon dioxide.

10. A carbon dioxide recovery utilization method comprising:

heating and/or subjecting to reduced pressure the liquid mixture obtained from the method according to claim 1 so as to eliminate carbon dioxide, and utilizing the eliminated carbon dioxide.

11. A process for producing a dry gaseous carbon dioxide, comprising obtaining the liquid mixture obtained from the method according to claim 1 , the liquid mixture being a mixture obtained by continuously supplying gaseous carbon dioxide into a reactor and bringing about chemical reaction, and simultaneously continuously withdrawing a gas phase portion from the reactor, so as to obtain dry gaseous carbon dioxide having a lower water content than the continuously supplied gaseous carbon dioxide.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gaseous carbon dioxide is reacted with the alkyltin alkoxide composition at a temperature in a range of from −40° C. to 80° C.

13. A method for transferring carbon dioxide, comprising transferring the liquid mixture obtained from the method according to claim 1 through a vessel, piping, or a feeding pump.

14. The method for transferring according to claim 13 , wherein the liquid mixture is transferred at a temperature in a range of from −40° C. to 80° C.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the alkyltin alkoxide composition contains a dialkyltin dialkoxide.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein a molar ratio between the tetraalkyldialkoxydistannoxane and the dialkyltin dialkoxide contained in the alkyltin alkoxide composition is in a range of from 10:90 to 80:20.

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the mixture further contains a carbonate, the content of the carbonate being less than 20 mol % based on the number of mols of the tetraalkyldialkoxydistannoxane in the alkyltin alkoxide composition.

18. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the dialkyltin dialkoxide is a dialkyltin dialkoxide represented by following general formula (2)

wherein R 7 and R 8 independently represent an aliphatic group or an aralkyl group, R 9 and R 10 independently represents an aliphatic group or an aralkyl group, e and f are integers from 0 to 2 with e+f=2, and g and h are integers from 0 to 2 with g+h=2.

19. A carbonate production process comprising:

obtaining a liquid mixture comprising

carbon dioxide and

an alkyltin alkoxide composition containing a carbon dioxide complex of an alkyltin alkoxide obtained by reacting the alkyltin alkoxide with gaseous carbon dioxide at a temperature in a range of from −60° C. to 100° C.,

wherein taking the number of mols of tin atoms in the alkyltin alkoxide and/or the carbon dioxide complex of the alkyltin alkoxide contained in the liquid mixture to be Z,

taking carbon dioxide incorporated in the carbon dioxide complex of the alkyltin alkoxide, and carbon dioxide contained in the liquid mixture to be (CO 2 ),

and taking OR groups contained in the mixture to be (OR), wherein O in each of the OR groups represents an oxygen atom, and R represents an aliphatic group or an aralkyl group, being (i) R of an OR group forming a tin-OR linkage and/or (ii) R of an OR group forming an —O—(CO)—OR linkage in the carbon dioxide complex of the alkyltin alkoxide,

in the relationship Z:(CO 2 ) x :(OR) y , a molar proportion represented by Z is 1, a molar proportion represented by x is in a range of from 0.1 to 2, and a molar proportion represented by y is in a range of from 0.5 to 2;

transferring the liquid mixture into a carbonate-producing reactor;

obtaining a reaction liquid containing a carbonate from the mixture under a presence of carbon dioxide; and

obtaining the carbonate by separating the carbonate from the reaction liquid.

20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the gaseous carbon dioxide is reacted with the alkyltin alkoxide at a temperature in a range of from −40° C. to 80° C.

21. The carbonate production process according to claim 19 , further comprising:

separating out carbon dioxide as a gaseous component from the reaction liquid; and

recycling the separated out gaseous carbon dioxide in the step of obtaining the liquid mixture.

22. The carbonate production process according to claim 21 , further comprising:

separating out the carbonate from the reaction liquid from which the carbon dioxide has been separated out, so as to obtain a residual liquid;

reacting the residual liquid with an alcohol, so as to obtain the alkyltin alkoxide composition; and

recycling the alkyltin alkoxide composition into the step of obtaining the liquid mixture.

23. The carbonate production process according to claim 22 , wherein the alcohol is an alcohol represented by following formula (3):

R 11 OH  (3)

wherein R 11 has the same definition as R in the OR groups in the liquid mixture.