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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Hideharu Kurashima, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasushi Higuchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masahiro Kurokawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for preparing a cyclic ester by reacting an .alpha.-hydroxycarboxylic acid or an .alpha.-hydroxycarboxyliclic acid ester with an orthoester. A process for purifying a cyclic ester by containing water and acid as impurities by adding an orthoester to a cyclic ester obtained by reaction of a reaction mixture including an .alpha.-hydrocarboxylic acid or an .alpha.-hydroxycarboxyliclic acid ester. According to the present invention, a high-purity cyclic ester containing small amounts of impurities such as water and an acid component can be provided.
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