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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl Heinz Neumann, Sankt Augustin, DE;
Dieter Heitkamp, Burscheid, DE;
Helmut Fiege, Leverkusen, DE;
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562580 ;
Abstract
Hydroxypivalic acid is obtained from aqueous solutions by removal of the water by azeotropic distillation and subsequent crystallization from a solvent mixture which is composed of a polar and a non-polar component. The distillation is carried out under reduced pressure and at a maximum bottom temperature of 90.degree. C., until a residual water content of at least 0.1% of the total weight of the resulting solution is achieved.