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Method and device for hydrolytically obtaining a carboxylic acid and alcohol from the corresponding carboxylic ester

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Assignee

Wacker Chemie AG · DE

Inventors

Harald Michl · Dahme/Mark, DE
Franz Ramgraber · Burghausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2003
Grant date	Oct 30, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 27, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/10
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process and apparatus for hydrolytic cleavage of carboxylic esters and water into carboxylic acid and alcohol hydrolysis products. In the process, a portion of water required for hydrolysis is replaced by a recycled mixture of carboxylic acid and water from previously hydrolyzed carboxylic ester.

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