US4050994A
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Recovery of 2-pyrrolidone from dilute alkaline solutions
Assignee: Chevron USA Inc
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Filing: 1976-11-26
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Granted: 1977-09-27
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Expires: 1996-11-26
Abstract
Abstract A two-stage evaporative method for recovering polymerizable 2-pyrrolidone from alkaline aqueous solutions such as those obtained by washing the catalyst from an incompletely reacted polypyrrolidone polymerizate, includes the steps of neutralizing the base with mineral acid, removing most of the water in an initial reduced pressure evaporation and recovering the pyrrolidone from a salt/pyrrolidone slurry by vaporization under reduced pressure.
Inventors
- 👤 Byron E. Anshus
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 22:44
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07D; C07D207/00; C07D207/02; C07D207/18; C07D207/22; C07D207/24; C07D207/26; C07D207/263; C07D207/267; B; B01; B01D; B01D3/00; B01D3/34; C07D201/00; C07D201/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
74 words
A process for the recovery of 2-pyrrolidone from alkaline aqueous solution, which comprises the steps of adding sulfuric acid to said solution in amounts sufficient to provide a neutralized or acidified solution of 3-7 pH, removing by a first evaporation a major amount of the water from said neutralized or acidified solution to provide a slurry comprising sulfate salt and 2-pyrrolidone, and recovering 2-pyrrolidone from said slurry by a second evaporation under reduced pressure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
74 words
A process for the recovery of 2-pyrrolidone from alkaline aqueous solution, which comprises the steps of adding sulfuric acid to said solution in amounts sufficient to provide a neutralized or acidified solution of 3-7 pH, removing by a first evaporation a major amount of the water from said neutralized or acidified solution to provide a slurry comprising sulfate salt and 2-pyrrolidone, and recovering 2-pyrrolidone from said slurry by a second evaporation under reduced pressure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
88 words
The process for the recovery of 2-pyrrolidone from alkaline aqueous solution according to claim 1, which comprises the steps of adding sulfuric acid to said solution in amounts sufficient to provide a neutralized or acidified solution of 3-7 pH, removing by a first evaporation at 25-100 torr and less than about 120° C, a major amount of the water from said neutralized or acidified solution to provide a slurry comprising a sulfate salt and 2-pyrrolidone, and recovering 2-pyrrolidone from said slurry by a second evaporation under reduced pressure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
87 words
The process for the recovery of 2-pyrrolidone from alkaline aqueous solution according to claim 1, which comprises the steps of adding sulfuric acid to said solution in amounts sufficient to provide an acidified solution of 3-5 pH, removing by a first evaporation under reduced pressure at least about 90 weight percent of the water from said acidified solution to provide a slurry comprising a sulfate salt and 2-pyrrolidone, and recovering 2-pyrrolidone from said slurry by a second evaporation under reduced pressure of less than about 10 torr.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
99 words
The process for the recovery of 2-pyrrolidone from alkaline aqueous solution according to claim 1, which comprises the steps of adding sulfuric acid to said solution in amounts sufficient to provide a neutralized or acidified solution of 3-7 pH, removing by a first evaporation at 25-100 torr and less than about 120° C, at least about 90 weight percent of the water from said neutralized or acidified solution to provide a slurry comprising a sulfate salt and 2-pyrrolidone, and recovering 2-pyrrolidone from said slurry by filtering or centrifuging said slurry and evaporating the filtrate or centrifugate under reduced pressure.
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