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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560205 ;
Abstract
A process has been found for the preparation of dialkyl maleates from maleic acid, maleic anhydride or monoalkyl maleates with C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alcohols, in particular ethanol, in the presence or absence of an acidic catalyst and at boiling heat, which is characterized in that the escaping water/alcohol/vapour mixture, together with its condensed phase if appropriate, is conducted as feed along a hydrophilic membrane at which it is purged of water and the dehydrated alcohol is returned to the reaction mixture.