Continuous production of alkyl acrylates free from ether

US4280010A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Heinz Erpenbach · Cologne, DE
• Klaus Gehrmann · Lechenich, DE
• Hans-Klaus Kubbeler · Rheinbach, DE
• Winfried Lork · Lechenich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 14, 1979
• Grant date: Jul 21, 1981
• Expiry date: Aug 14, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/584
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Alkyl acrylates free from ether are made continuously by reacting acrylic acid with a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkanol, in a molar ratio of 1:1 to 1:2, in liquid phase, at 80.degree. to 130.degree. C., under 100 to 760 mm Hg, in the presence of an acid catalyst.