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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Sumit Chakraborty, Johnson City, TN (US);
Steven J. Adams, Gray, TN (US);
Robert Thomas Hembre, Johnson City, TN (US);
Scott Donald Barnicki, Kingsport, TN (US);
David Alan Jenkins, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
A process for the transesterification of methyl-2-ethylhexanoate with triethylene glycol to produce triethylene glycol di-2-ethylhexanoate is provided. In the process, methyl-2-ethylhexanoate is combined with triethylene glycol to form a first mixture. The first mixture is heated in the presence of a catalyst to form a second mixture comprising methanol and triethylene glycol di-2-ethylhexanoate. Methanol is separated from the second mixture to yield triethylene glycol di-2-ethylhexanoate. NaCO, CsCO, KCO, RbCO, sodium methoxide or titanium isopropoxide are suitable catalysts.