Alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, and production method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9079780-B2
Application number	US-201113700364-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2011
Priority date	May 28, 2010
Publication date	Jul 14, 2015
Grant date	Jul 14, 2015

Abstract

The present invention provides an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide having favorable heat resistance and a reduced content of specific impurities and a water content, and provides a method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, which is capable of easily removing a solvent from a reaction solution. An alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I) and has a mass loss rate of 2% or less when the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is kept at 100° C. for 8 hours under an air current. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention comprises a step of concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, and/or concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by thin layer distillation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composition comprising an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide represented by the following formula (I), having a content of sulfate ions (SO 4 2− ) of 3,000 ppm or less,

wherein in the formula (I), M a represents an alkali metal, and R a and R b are the same or different and represent a fluorine atom, or a alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in which one or more hydrogen atoms are substituted with a fluorine atom, and at least one of R a or R b is a fluorine atom.

2. The composition comprising the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 1 , wherein a content of fluoride ions (F − ) is 1,000 ppm or less.

3. The composition comprising the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 2 , wherein a water content is 500 ppm or less.

4. The composition comprising the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 3 , further comprising 4,000 ppm or less of a residual solvent.

5. The composition comprising the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is an alkali metal salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide.

6. The composition comprising the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is selected from a sodium salt, a potassium salt or a lithium salt.

7. The composition comprising the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 3 , wherein the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is an alkali metal salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide.

8. The composition comprising the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 4 , wherein the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is an alkali metal salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide.

9. The composition comprising the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 3 , wherein the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is selected from a sodium salt, a potassium salt or a lithium salt.

10. The composition comprising the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 4 , wherein the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is selected from a sodium salt, a potassium salt or a lithium salt.

11. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide described in claim 1 , comprising a step of
concentrating a solution of an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide while bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, and/or,
concentrating the solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by thin film distillation.

12. The method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 11 , wherein a reaction solvent contained in the reaction solution is an ester solvent and/or a nitrile solvent.

13. The method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 11 , wherein the concentrating step is carried out by using thin film distillation.

14. The method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 11 , further comprising a step of fluorinating chlorosulfonyl imide or a salt thereof in the presence of the reaction solvent.

15. The method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 12 , further comprising a step of fluorinating chlorosulfonyl imide or a salt thereof in the presence of the reaction solvent.

16. The method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide according to claim 13 , further comprising a step of fluorinating chlorosulfonyl imide or a salt thereof in the presence of the reaction solvent.

Assignees

• Sato Yuichi
• Sato Shimpei
• Okumura Yasunori
• Nippon Catalytic Chem Ind

Inventors

• Sato Yuichi
• Sato Shimpei
• Okumura Yasunori

Classifications

• C01B21/086

  containing one or more sulfur atoms · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M10/0565

  Polymeric materials, e.g. gel-type or solid-type · CPC title

• B01D1/22

  by bringing a thin layer of the liquid into contact with a heated surface {(B01D1/065 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H01M10/0568 Primary

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title