Process for preparing tetrahydrofuran
US4010171A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 1975 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 1995 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07D307/08
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for preparing tetrahydrofuran which comprises heating a carboxylic acid diester of 1,4-butanediol in the vapor phase in the presence of water and a hydrolysis-dehydroacyloxylation catalyst.
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