Process for the distillation of alcohols

US6117277A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• CELANESE CHEMICALS EUROPE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Zgorzelski · Oberhausen, DE
• Peter Lappe · Dinslaken, DE
• Kurt Schalapski · Oberhausen, DE
• Wilhelm Gick · Duisburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C29/80
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for the purification of C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -alcohols by distillation, by distilling the alcohols at 150 to 200.degree. C. in the presence of 10 to 1000 ppm of alkali metal hydroxide.