Rohm Gmbh

Evonik Rohm Gmbh

Gerhard Kölbl

Steffen Krill

Torsten Balduf

Ralf Meier

Rudolf Burghardt

Belaid Ait Aissa

Guido Protzmann

Florian Zschunke

Thomas Kehr

Andreas Rühling

Daniel Helmut König

Rüdiger Carloff

Eduard Rundal

Frederik Gluth

Reed Zhao

Jalyn Deng

Martin KÖSTNER

Günter Westhäuser

Günter Lauster

Günther Lauster

A process for producing alkyl methacrylates, in particular methyl methacrylate (MMA), includes production of methacrolein (MAL) in a first reaction stage; direct oxidative esterification (DOE) of the methacrolein with an alcohol, preferably methanol, to afford an alkyl methacrylate in a second reaction stage; and workup of the alkyl methacrylate crude product from the second reaction stage. An optimized workup of the reactor output from the oxidative esterification of methacrolein involves minimizing the amount of employed water, the amount of employed acid, and/or the amount of aqueous waste streams, through an optimized recycling of the generated process water streams.

Process for producing alkyl methacrylates with improved water and acid management

A process can be used for producing optical molding materials on the basis of methyl methacrylate (MMA). The MMA produced by an optimized method and the molding materials feature in particular a very low yellowness index. This MMA has been produced by direct oxidative esterification of methacrolein. An optimized workup of the reactor output from the oxidative esterification of methacrolein can be used for removing particularly discoloring byproducts. This process moreover has the advantage that fewer demands are placed on plant apparatus configuration.

Process for producing optical molding materials

A process is useful for producing optical molding materials on the basis of methyl methacrylate (MMA), wherein this MMA has been produced by an optimized method and the molding materials feature in particular a very low yellowness index. This MMA has been produced by direct oxidative esterification of methacrolein. In particular, an optimized workup of the reactor output from the oxidative esterification of methacrolein is useful for removing particularly discoloring byproducts. This process moreover has the advantage that fewer demands than described in related art are placed on plant apparatus configuration.

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