Manufacture of tetrahydrofuran

Details Manufacture of tetrahydrofuran Manufacture of tetrahydrofuran

C - Chemistry, Metallurgy

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260/367.9

C07D 307/08 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1057765

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE: Tetrahydrofuran is prepared from a compound containing butanediol or capable of generating butanediol. The butanediol- donating compound is the diacetate of butanediol-1,4 which is reacted with hydrolysis and etherification by passing it down- wardly through a distillation column together with an acid catalyst and passing steam upwardly therethrough. The reaction is performed at temperatures of from 80° to 200°C and the amount of water used is from 1.24 to 20 moles for each mole of diacetate introduced. The product which distills off is tetrahydrofuran.

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