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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig Alan Hoyme, Kingsport, TN (US);
Edwin Franklin Holcombe, III, Cogan Station, PA (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/100 ; C07C 4/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/100 ; C07C 4/300 ;
Abstract
A process for hydrolyzing an alkyl ester to produce a carboxylic acid product and an ether product, the process includes the steps of introducing into a reaction zone of a reactive distillation column a feed containing the alkyl ester wherein the reaction zone is at a temperature and pressure to preferentially produce an ether from the ester; and recovering the ether and the carboxylic acid.