Patent ID: 8658823

Claim:
A process for producing an acrylate product, the process comprising the steps of: (a) reacting an alkanoic acid comprising acetic acid and an alkylenating agent to form a crude product stream comprising acrylate product comprising from 1 wt % to 75 wt % acrylic acid, alkylenating agent, acetic acid, and propionic acid; (b) separating at least a portion of the crude product stream to form an alkylenating agent stream comprising at least 1 wt % alkylenating agent and an intermediate product stream comprising acrylic acid and acetic acid; and (c) separating the intermediate product stream to form a finished acrylate product stream comprising at least 85 wt % acrylic acid and a first finished acetic acid stream comprising from 50 wt % to 99.9 wt % acetic acid.