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Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:

Celanese International Corporation, Irving, TX (US);

Inventors:

Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);

David Lee, Seabrook, TX (US);

Mark O. Scates, Houston, TX (US);

R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);

Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);

Radmila Wollrab, Pasadena, TX (US);

Zhenhua Zhou, Houston, TX (US);

Emily Duff, League City, TX (US);

Andrew Shuff, League City, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 27/04 (2006.01); C07C 29/147 (2006.01); C07C 29/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

Recovery of ethanol from a crude product comprising ethyl acetate obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. The crude product is separated to form an organic stream that may be subjected to hydrogenolysis to form ethanol. The organic phase may comprise ethyl acetate is reacted via hydrogenolysis form ethanol that may be directly or indirectly fed to the separation zone or the hydrogenation reactor.


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