SEMI-INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR SYNTHESIS OF TETRACYANOETHYLENE

Abstract

The goal of our work is to develop a synthesis of tetracyanoethylene suitable for scaling and to design a technological scheme of the process based on it. To achieve this goal, a tetracyanoethylene synthesis method was originally developed, which consists of the following stages: obtaining sodium cyanodithioformate based on carbon disulfide and sodium cyanide using N, N-dimethylformamide as a solvent; obtaining tetracyano-1,4-dithiine by treating sodium cyanodithioformate with chlorine; obtaining tetracyanoethylene from tetracyano-1,4-dithiine by sequential interaction with sodium cyanide and chlorine. The developed method was tested in the laboratory, where it showed its suitability. Therefore, further on the base of this method, a technological scheme of the process was designed. A description of the scheme and the necessary sequence of operations are compiled. The interaction takes place in the reactors R-1, R-2, R-3. Pumps N-1–4 provided the pumping the reaction mass. Also, in the technological scheme there is an F-1 Nutsche filter for separation of the suspension. To isolate and purify the obtained tetracyanoethylene, an I-1 vacuum evaporator and a SA-1 sublimation apparatus are used. The necessary equipment was selected for the technological scheme: Р-1 reactor made of Teflon with a volume of 200 l with a stirrer and a jacket; two reactors Р-2 and Р-3 made of glass with a volume of 200 l with a stirrer and a jacket; Ф-1 Nutsche filter made of thick-walled polypropylene pipes; sublimation apparatus CA-1 continuous. The selection of the main and auxiliary equipment was carried out on the base of the chemical and physico-chemical characteristics of the reagents, technological conditions and the characteristics of the process. This method of obtaining compares favorably with the use of simple and cheap raw materials common in the chemical industry and the use of standard processing equipment.