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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1979
Shunichi Doi, Yokohama, JP;
Masatake Kamogawa, Yokohama, JP;
Nitto Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a process for preparing highly pure 2-acylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid, which comprises the steps of adding acetic acid to a slurry containing crystals of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid obtained by the reaction of acrylonitrile, isobutene and either conc. sulfuric acid, fuming sulfuric acid or sulfuric anhydride plus water in a solvent, then distilling the resulting mixture to replace the reaction solvent with acetic acid, adding water or hydrous acetic acid to the resulting mixture, heating the mixture to dissolve said crystals, and subjecting the solution to recrystallization.