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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1975
Jerry L Price, Texas City, TX (US);
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Acetic acid containing very minor amounts of iodine, either as I.sup.-, free iodine, or alkyl iodide, or all of these, is purified by fractionation in a single column with an acid product containing 20 parts or less of iodine per billion parts of acid (ppb) being withdrawn as a liquid sidedraw from said column. Generally, more than one column is required for obtaining an acid product of such extremely high purity. The process is particularly applicable for purification of acetic acid made by the carbonylation of methanol using a catalyst system formed on the mixing of a rhodium or iridium component and an iodine component notably hydrogen iodide or an alkyl iodide such as methyl iodide.