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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2011
Applicants:
Alexis Lemieux Périnet, Québec, CA;
Jean-michel Lavoie, Sherbrooke, CA;
Esteban Chornet, Sherbrooke, CA;
Inventors:
Alexis Lemieux Périnet, Québec, CA;
Jean-Michel Lavoie, Sherbrooke, CA;
Esteban Chornet, Sherbrooke, CA;
Assignee:
Enerkem, Inc., Montreal, Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/08 (2013.01); C07C 67/08 (2013.01); C07C 69/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for producing at least one acetate from acetic acid and at least one alcohol by employing multiple cycles of reacting acetic acid to produce a reaction product including at least one acetate, unreacted acetic acid, unreacted alcohol, and water, followed by drying the reaction product to remove water therefrom. Such process provides for improved yields of acetate.