Method of producing organic compound
A method of producing an organic compound, which contains a step of performing a deodorization step using a flow reaction in a flow passage to remove, from a reaction liquid, a malodorous material generated or remaining in a reaction step, wherein the organic compound is an industrially useful compound.
1. A method of producing an organic compound, comprising:
performing a deodorization using a flow reaction in a flow passage to remove, from a reaction liquid, a malodorous material generated or remaining in a reaction,
wherein the organic compound is an industrially useful compound.
2. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction is an oxidation reaction using a sulfur atom-containing organic compound.
3. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the reaction, an alcohol compound having 2 to 50 carbon atoms is oxidized to produce an aldehyde or ketone compound having 2 to 50 carbon atoms.
4. The production method according to claim 2 , wherein the oxidation reaction using a sulfur-atom-containing organic compound is an oxidation reaction using a dialkyl sulfoxide compound having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and an acid anhydride having 4 to 10 carbon atoms or an acid halide having 2 to 7 carbon atoms.
5. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the malodorous material is a dialkyl sulfide having 2 to 8 carbon atoms.
6. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the deodorization is an oxidation reaction of the malodorous material.
7. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the deodorization is an oxidation reaction in which the malodorous material is oxidized by using an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of hypochlorous acid or a salt thereof, a halogenating agent, and peracetic acid.
8. The production method according to claim 7 , wherein an amount of the oxidizing agent is 0.5 to 5.0 molar equivalents, based on an amount of the acid anhydride or the acid halide in the reaction.
9. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein a reaction temperature in the deodorization is in a range of from −20° C. to 60° C.
10. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein a time for which the deodorization is retained in the flow passage is in a range of from 0.01 to 120 seconds.
11. The production method according to claim 3 , wherein the alcohol compound is a compound of Formula (A), and the organic compound is a compound of Formula (B):
where R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group; R 4 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group; and R 3 and R 4 may combine together to form a ring.
12. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction and the deodorization are both flow reactions in the flow passage and performed sequentially.
13. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the deodorization is conducted in a microreactor.
14. The production method according to claim 2 , wherein, in the reaction, an alcohol compound having 2 to 50 carbon atoms is oxidized to produce an aldehyde or ketone compound having 2 to 50 carbon atoms.
15. The production method according to claim 3 , wherein the oxidation reaction using a sulfur-atom-containing organic compound is an oxidation reaction using a dialkyl sulfoxide compound having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and an acid anhydride having 4 to 10 carbon atoms or an acid halide having 2 to 7 carbon atoms.
16. The production method according to claim 2 , wherein the malodorous material is a dialkyl sulfide having 2 to 8 carbon atoms.
17. The production method according to claim 2 , wherein the deodorization is an oxidation reaction of the malodorous material.
18. The production method according to claim 2 , wherein the deodorization is an oxidation reaction in which the malodorous material is oxidized by using an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of hypochlorous acid or a salt thereof, a halogenating agent, and peracetic acid.
19. The production method according to claim 18 , wherein an amount of the oxidizing agent is 0.5 to 5.0 molar equivalents, based on an amount of the acid anhydride or the acid halide in the reaction.
20. The production method according to claim 2 , wherein a reaction temperature in the deodorization is in a range of from −20° C. to 60° C.
21. A method of producing an organic compound, comprising:
mixing a solution including a raw material and a solution including an activator such that the raw material and the activator undergo an oxidation reaction and that a reaction liquid including an organic compound and a malodorous material is obtained; and
passing the reaction liquid through a flow passage such that the reaction liquid undergoes a flow reaction in the flow passage to remove, from the reaction liquid, the malodorous material.