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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2009
Rudolf Erich Lorenz, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Rolf Pinkos, Bad Duerkheim, DE;
Michael Steiniger, Neustadt, DE;
Gerd Schaefer, Monsheim, DE;
Rudolf Erich Lorenz, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Rolf Pinkos, Bad Duerkheim, DE;
Michael Steiniger, Neustadt, DE;
Gerd Schaefer, Monsheim, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to processes for making 1,4-butanediol, 1,4-butenediol, or a mixture thereof by processing 1,4-butynediol in a dynamic mixing apparatus in an inert gas atmosphere at from 25 to 150° C. at a shear rate in the radial gap between rotor and stator of the mixing apparatus of more than 100 000 sec; phase separating the processed 1,4-butynediol at a temperature of from 25 to 150° C.; removing a bottom phase to obtain purified 1,4-butynediol; and reacting the purified 1,4-butynediol with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.