Patent ID: 11952336
Assignee: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A process for producing a distillate product with a methanol concentration greater than the concentration of methanol in a minimum boiling azeotrope of methanol and methyl (meth)acrylate, from a mixture of methanol and methyl (meth)acrylate with a methanol concentration less than or equal to the concentration of methanol in the minimum boiling azeotrope of methanol and methyl (meth)acrylate in a distillation column, the process comprising:
contacting a mixture of methanol and methyl (meth)acrylate, with a methanol concentration less than or equal to the concentration of methanol in the minimum boiling azeotrope of methanol and methyl (meth)acrylate,
with an alcohol of formula (I)

HO—R1  (I),

in which R1 is a linear or branched, acyclic or cyclic alkyl, aryl or alkenyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms,

wherein the alcohol of formula (I) is added via an alcohol feed located at the distillation column.