Process for purifying alicyclic alcohols

US7074304B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CELANESE CHEMICALS EUROPE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Dukat · Oberhausen, DE
• Peter Lappe · Dinslaken, DE
• Klaus Schmid · Riedlingen, DE
• Horst Scholz · Warstein, DE
• Edgar Storm · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 11, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2603/68
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for purifying alicyclic alcohols by distillation, wherein the alicyclic alcohols are distilled in the presence of from 1 to 550 ppm of acidic compounds.