Isolation of 1,2-epoxybutane-3-ol and 2,3-epoxybutane-1-ol from post-reaction mixtures

• Authors: Agnieszka Wróblewska , Joanna Wajzberg-Prokowska , Ewelina Ławro , Eugeniusz Milchert
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Attempts were made to isolate 1,2-epoxybutane-3-ol and 2,3-epoxybutane-1-ol from post-reaction mixtures left after the epoxidation of 1-butene-3-ol and 2-butene-1-ol with hydrogen peroxide by thin film distillation. From the raw mixture containing about 8.3 wt% of the epoxide at the first stage the concentration of epoxide is increased to 32 wt%. At the second stage of distillation the epoxide fraction is concentrated to about 76 wt%. After the third stage of thin film distillation the epoxide fraction of 99.6% purity can be obtained. The concentration of this fraction by azeotropic distillation with n-propanol as an azeotropic agent permits obtaining epoxide of 99.6 wt% purity.

Keywords

EN

thin film distillation; isolation of epoxides

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 29-32

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2010

online

9 - 7 - 2010

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Wróblewska

• Institute of Organic Chemical Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, ul. Pułaskiego 10, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland

author

Joanna Wajzberg-Prokowska

• Institute of Organic Chemical Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, ul. Pułaskiego 10, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland

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Ewelina Ławro

• Institute of Organic Chemical Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, ul. Pułaskiego 10, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland

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Eugeniusz Milchert

• Institute of Organic Chemical Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, ul. Pułaskiego 10, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10026-010-0014-1