SEPARATION OF COMPONENTS FROM A REACTION PRODUCT MIXTURE OF WATER ISOBUTYRIC ACID AND METHACRYLIC ACID BY PHASE SEPARATION AND DISTILLATIONS

摘要

To separate aqueous and organic components of a mixture of isobutyric acid, water and methacrylic acid, the mixture is initially separated by salting out by means of a water soluble electrolyte e.g. sodium sulfate, which causes separation of aqueous and organic phases. Residuals in each phase are distilled off as a low-boiling mixed distillate resembling an azeotropic mixture which is returned for repeated separation by salting-out. Organics are further separated by fractional distillation.