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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Otto-Alfred Grosskinsky, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Norbert Petri, Frankenthal, DE;
Johannes Hein, Weinheim, DE;
Hans Leitner, Frankenthal, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562513 ; 562524 ; 562525 ; 562529 ; 562593 ;
Abstract
An improved process for producing adipic acid from the acidic wash waters which arise in the process for oxidizing cyclohexane with air, by treatment with nitric acid at from 10.degree. to 50.degree. C., with removal of the heat of reaction by external cooling, wherein the reaction mixture is led, at a flow velocity of at least 2.0 m/sec, as a thin layer spirally in counter-current to the coolant, under conditions which do not perturb the flow of the reaction mixture.