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    United States Patent 19 ay 4,379,028 Berg et al. (45) Apr. 5, 1983 [54] SEPARATION OF ETHYL ACETATE FROM (76) Ri) py {s1] [2] [58] (36) ETHANOL AND WATER BY EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION Inventors: Lloyd Berg; Pisant Ratanapupech, both of 1314 S. Third Ave Bozeman, Mont. $9715 363,638 ‘Mar, 30, 1982 BOLD 3/40; CO7C 67/48 203/81; 203/56; 203/57; 203/60; 203/64; 203/65; 560/248 Field of Search 203/57, 56, 60, 64, 203/14, 19, 51, 63, 65; 560/248 References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,689,372 9/1972 Sugano etal Appl. No. Filed Int. CL US. Cl. 203/57 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 1172677 6/1964 Fed, Rep. of Germany Primary Examiner—Wilbur L. Bascomb, Jr. Is) ABSTRACT Ethyl acetate cannot be completely removed from etha- nol and water mixtures by distillation because of the presence of the minimum ternary azeotrope. Ethyl ace- tate can be readily removed from mixtures containing it, ethanol and water by using extractive distillation in which the extractive distillation agent is a higher boiling, oxygenated of nitrogenous organic compound or a mix- ture of these. Typical examples of effective agents are: dimethylsulfoxide, glycerine and diethylene glycol, I-naphthol, hydroquinone and N,N-dimethylformé mide. 203/60 9 Claims, No Drawings 4,379,028 1 SEPARATION OF ETHYL ACETATE FROM ETHANOL AND WATER BY EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a method for separating ethyl acetate from ethanol and water using certain higher boiling liquids as the extractive agent in extrac- tive distillation. DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART Extractive distillation is the method of separating close boiling compounds or azeotropes by carrying out the distillation ina multiplate rectification column in the presence of an added liquid or liquid mixture, said I quid(s) having a boiling point higher than the com- pounds being separated. The extractive agent is intro-

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