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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55 71 ; 423488 ; 423240 ;
Abstract
Hydrogen chloride gas obtained as a by-product in the production of chloroacetic acid by subjecting acetic acid to a catalytic chlorination reaction with chlorine gas in the presence of acetic anhydride and/or acetyl chloride is purified. The prepurified by-product still contains 0.1-3 vol % acetyl chloride and up to 0.1 vol % chloroacetyl chloride. For purification, the hydrogen chloride gas is passed through two zones series-connected together and scrubbed in countercurrent fashion. More particularly, it is scrubbed in the first zone with concentrated hydrochloric acid and in the second zone with concentrated sulfuric acid.