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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reinhard Freyhof, Frankenthal, DE;
Stefan Bitterlich, Dirmstein, DE;
Hugues Vandenmersch, Wachenheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/00 ; B01D 6/136 ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/00 ; B01D 6/136 ; C07D / ;
Abstract
A process for isolating trioxane from an aqueous mixture which includes trioxane, water and formaldehyde, including removing trioxane from the mixture by pervaporation, and subjecting the mixture enriched in trioxane (permeate) to rectification to give trioxane and an azeotropic mixture of trioxane, water and formaldehyde.