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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Michael Anthony Wood, London, GB;
Robert Wild, London, GB;
Simon Wayne Jackson, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Davy Process Technology Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 307/00 (2006.01); C07D 307/02 (2006.01); C07C 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for the purification of a crude liquid feed stream comprising 1,4-butanediol and a minor amount of 2-(4-hydroxybutoxy)-tetrahydrofuran and/or precursors thereof wherein the process comprises passing the crude feed in the presence of hydrogen in a reaction zone over a heterogeneous liquid tolerant copper catalyst in the liquid phase at hydrogenation conditions and recovering a purified stream of 1,4-butanediol having a lower amount of 2-(4-hydroxybutoxy)-tetrahydrofuran than the crude liquid feed stream.