Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC) Refining Technology

Technology Introdction:
Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is an important organic chemical intermediates, it widely used in carbonylation, methylation, methoxylation and carbonyl methylation and other organic synthesis reaction. Because DMC is non-toxic, it can replace the highly toxic phosgene, methyl chloroformate, dimethyl sulfate as a methylating agent or carbonylation agent used to improve the safety of production operations and reduce environmental pollution. As a solvent, DMC can replace freon, trichloroethane, trichlorethylene, benzene, xylene and so on for paint coatings, cleaning solvents. As a gasoline additive, DMC can improve its octane number and oxygen content, thereby enhancing its antiknock. In addition, DMC can be used as detergent, surfactant and softener additives.
In the process of oxidizing carbonylation of methanol to dimethyl carbonate, the reaction solution contains a large amount of unreacted raw materials and by-products (such as formaldehyde, trioxaldehyde and the like) in addition to DMC, and further separation is required to obtain DMC products.