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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1981
James M Watson, Big Spring, TX (US);
Cleve H Forward, Big Spring, TX (US);
James R Butler, Big Spring, TX (US);
Cosden Technology, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for the production of vinyltoluene, comprising the steps of: producing a crude vinyltoluene product by the catalytic dehydrogenation of ethyltoluene; removing compounds from the crude vinyltoluene product which have a higher molecular weight than vinyltoluene to form a prepurified crude vinyltoluene product; and fractionally distilling the prepurified crude vinyltoluene product in a distillation apparatus to recover purified vinyltoluene. The higher molecular weight compounds removed are compounds which foster the conversion of vinyltoluene into cross-linked polymer. The compounds removed preferably have more than 11 carbon atoms. In one embodiment, the step of removing higher molecular weight compounds comprises condensing a vaporous crude vinyltoluene product to form a crude vinyltoluene solution, and subjecting the crude vinyltoluene solution to flash distillation to form a vaporous prepurified crude vinyltoluene product. Optionally, the prepurified crude vinyltoluene in the distillation apparatus may include a polymerization inhibitor.