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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lorenz Farnleitner, Linz, AT;
Hubert Stuckler, Linz, AT;
Herbert Kaiser, Linz, AT;
Engelbert Kloimstein, Eferding, AT;
Assignee:
Chemie Linz Gesellschaft m.b.H., Linz, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562577 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of color-stable levulinic acid by saponification of acetylsuccinates with aqueous mineral acids, by continuously treating the starting products with steam in counter-current in a reactor cascade, the reaction being carried out above the boiling point of the alcohol being formed in the reaction or above the boiling point of the aqueous azeotrope being formed.