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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Horst Zimmermann, Mannheim, DE;
Karl Brenner, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Hans-Juergen Scheiper, Mutterstadt, DE;
Wolfgang Sauer, Kirchheimbolanden, DE;
Horst Hartmann, Boehl-Iggelheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549325 ; 549326 ; 549508 ; 549509 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of tetrahydrofuran or tetrahydrofuran and .gamma.-butyrolactone from the product of the hydrogenation of maleic acid, succinic acid, maleic anhydride, succinic anhydride and/or fumaric acid, by treating the crude hydrogenation product, without prior work-up, at from 100.degree. to 300.degree. C. with a protic acid, and isolating pure tetrahydrofuran and .gamma.-butyrolactone from the resultant reaction mixture by distillation.