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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard R Hepner, Wilmington, NC (US);
Robert E Michel, Wilmington, NC (US);
Robert E Trotter, Hockessin, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
203 51 ; 203 60 ; 203 71 ; 560 78 ; 568868 ; 568871 ;
Abstract
Separation of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol from dimethyl terephthalate is accomplished by distillation using methyl benzoate or the methyl ester of p-toluic acid as an azeotropic agent.