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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1983
Eckehard Danz, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Gerd Dumbgen, Dannstadt-Schauernheim, DE;
Ernest Miesen, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Johannes E Schmidt, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Friedrich Wirth, Ludwigshafen, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Abstract
A process for the continuous isolation of phthalic anhydride and maleic anhydride from the reaction gases obtained by catalytic oxidation of o-xylene or naphthalene with air, wherein the reaction gases are treated with a hydrocarbon of boiling range from 115.degree. to 175.degree. C. as the solvent in a column, and are then treated with an organic solvent of boiling range from 180.degree. to 290.degree. C. in a second column, the phthalic anhydride and maleic anhydride being isolated from the liquid bottom product of the first column.