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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1978

Filed:

Nov. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:

James E White, Coshocton, OH (US);

Assignee:

Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
26034676 ;
Abstract

Maleic anhydride is recovered in high yields from gaseous mixtures containing the maleic anhydride in the vapor phase by cooling the gaseous mixture containing the maleic anhydride to a temperature above the dew point of water in the gaseous mixture, and then scrubbing the gaseous mixture with a solvent which comprises a phthalate ester, preferably dibutyl phthalate, and up to 10 weight percent phthalic anhydride. Thereafter, the maleic anhydride is stripped from the solvent in a one-step operation, and the solvent is thereafter recycled to the scrubbing step.


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