Distilling alcohols in presence of amines

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOLS WHICH COMPRISES REACTING A MIXTURE COMPRISING AN OLEFIN, CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF A METALLIC HYDROFERMYLATION REACTION CATALYST AT AN ELEVATED SUPERATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO OBTAIN A HYDROFORMYLATION REACTION MIXTURE COMPRISING AN ALDEHYDE, SAID HYDROFORMYLATION CATALYST AND ITS DECOMPOSITION AND REACTION PRODUCTS, TREATING SAID HYDROFORMYLATION REACTION PRODUCT TO REMOVE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SAID HYDROFORMYLATION CATALYST AND ITS DECOMPOSITION AND REACTION PRODUCTS THEREFROM, REACTING SAID LATTER TREATED PRODUCT UNDER HYDROGENATING CONDITIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF A NICKEL HYDROGENATION CATALYST TO OBTAIN AN ALCOHOL PRODUCT COMPRISING ALCOHOLS AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF HYDROFORMYLATION AND HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS AND THEIR REACTION AND DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS AS IMPURITIES, INCORPORATING IN SAID ALCOHOL PRODUCT, PRIOR TO DISTILLATION, AN AMINE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ALIPHATIC AMINES HAVING A TOTAL OF 2 TO ABOUT 20 CARBON ATOMS IN THE MOLECULE AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AROMATIC AMINES HAVING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 6 TO ABOUT 20 CARBON ATOMS IN THE MOLECULE WHICH WILL NOT BOIL OUT BUT WILL REMAIN IN THE ALCOHOL PRODUCT AT THE DISTILLATION TEMPERATURES TO BE EMPLOYED IN DISTILLING SAID ALCOHOL PRODUCT AND WILL RENDER SAID IMPURITIES UNREACTIVE AND NON-CATALYTIC TOWARD DECOMPOSITION OF THE ALCOHOL, AND THEREAFTER DISTILLING SAID LATTER PRODUCT TO OBTAIN ALCOHOL.