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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ben W Kiff, Lehigh Acres, FL (US);
David J Schreck, Cross Lanes, WV (US);
Assignee:
Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568885 ;
Abstract
Ethanol is produced from acetic acid by esterifying the acetic acid with an olefin having at least 4 carbon atoms, hydrogenating the ester obtained into ethanol and a higher alcohol having at least 4 carbon atoms, removing the ethanol, dehydrating the higher alcohol back to the original olefin and recycling the olefin to esterify the acetic acid.