Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

Kengi Nakaya

Kazuo Tanaka

Fumiya Zaima

Atsushi Okoshi

Hideaki Fujita

Hiroshi Machida

Atsushi Ohkoshi

A process for refined pyromellitic anhydride which comprises dissolving crude pyromellitic acid or crude pyromellitic anhydride in water, then cooling an aqueous solution thus obtained to perform crystallization as pyromellitic acid, then separating a crystal thus obtained from water, then anhydrating the crystal of pyromellitic acid thus separated with heating to produce pyromellitic anhydride, then vaporizing pyromellitic anhydride thus produced, cooling vapor of pyromellitic anhydride thus obtained, and thereby, recovering a refined crystal of pyromellitic anhydride.

Process for producing refined pyromellitic acid and refined pyromellitic anhydride

Disclosed is a process for producing .epsilon.-caprolactone which comprises distilling a reaction mixture obtained by oxidation of cyclohexanone to separate impurities, wherein .epsilon.-caprolactone separated in a rectifying column is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas and then distilled. Thereby, a high quality of .epsilon.-caprolactone of in which no coloration occurs during long time preservation can be produced by industrial advantages.

Process for producing .epsilon.-caprolactone

A process for the production of high-purity dimethyl 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate, which comprises esterifying 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid obtained by liquid phase oxidation of 2,6-dialkylnaphthalene with molecular oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst, with methanol and then purifying a crude ester formed by the esterification, the crude ester being purified in the presence of an aromatic hydrocarbon as a solvent, in which impurities contained in a reaction product obtained by the esterification of 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid prepared by the liquid phase oxidation of 2,6-dialkylnaphthalene are effectively removed with simple procedures, oxidation catalyst metals are recovered, a crystal of naphthalenedicarboxylic acid formed by the oxidation of dialkylnaphthalene and/or its oxide derivative can be easily separated, and the oxidation catalyst to be brought into the step of producing dimethyl naphthalenedicarboxylate is recovered in the process of the production of naphthalenedicarboxylic acid and effectively used in the process of the production of naphthalenedicarboxylic acid.

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Kurashiki, Japan

Kengi Nakaya