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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin Alan Williams, Mount Carmel, TN (US);
Steven Leroy Cook, Kingsport, TN (US);
Phillip Wayne Turner, Blountville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/902 ; C07C 6/702 ; C07C 4/988 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/902 ; C07C 6/702 ; C07C 4/988 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a continuous process for the production of tertiary butyl esters by the reaction of a ketene and tertiary butyl alcohol containing a finite concentration of water. The process may be carried out in an absorber reactor with continuous recovery and purification of products by distillation. This process provides high-purity tertiary butyl acetate without the production of unwanted by-products found in many strong acid catalyzed processes.