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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Thomas Clavey, Basel, CH;
Inventor:
Thomas Clavey, Basel, CH;
Assignee:
DSM IP ASSETS B.V., Heerlen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 41/56 (2006.01); C07C 41/58 (2006.01); B01D 61/00 (2006.01); C07C 41/50 (2006.01); B01D 61/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 41/50 (2013.01); B01D 61/362 (2013.01); C07C 41/56 (2013.01); C07C 41/58 (2013.01); B01D 2311/08 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2623 (2013.01); B01D 2317/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
The process of the present invention comprises reacting an aldehyde or ketone with an alcohol in the presence of a solid acid, and removing water and methanol from the reaction product by pervaporation, characterized in that a membrane having a flux density for water of 0.04 to 2.8 kg/(hm) is used to remove the water and another membrane having a flux density for methanol of 2.0 to 100 kg/(hm) is used to remove the methanol.