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App. No. 16/216,965

PROCESS AND SYSTEMS FOR OBTAINING 1,4-BUTANEDIOL FROM FERMENTATION BROTHS

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16/216,965
Abstract

A process of purifying 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BDO) from a fermentation broth including separating solid materials, salts and water, and subjecting the resulting material to a two, three or four column distillation system, that can include a wiped film evaporator to produce a purified 1,4-butanediol.

Claims (13)

1 . A 1,4-butanediol-containing composition having a concentration of 1,4-butanediol of 99.00% by weight or more and not more than 99.99% by weight and containing 2-pyrrolidone or N-methylpyrrolidone in a concentration, as converted into a nitrogen atom, of from 1.0 to 25 ppm by weight, wherein the 1,4-butanediol-containing composition is used to produce tetrahydrofuran.

2 . The 1,4-butanediol-containing composition according to claim 1 , which has a pH is 5.0 or more and not more than 7.9.

3 . The 1,4-butanediol-containing composition according to claim 1 , which has a thermal stability as measured by the formation of tetrahydrofuran of not greater than about 2998 ppm by weight.

4 . A 1,4-butanediol-containing composition having a concentration of 1,4-butanediol of 99.00% by weight or more and not more than 99.99% by weight and containing 2-pyrrolidone in a concentration of from 2.0 to 141.0 ppm by weight, wherein the 1,4-butanediol-containing composition is used to produce tetrahydrofuran.

5 . The 1,4-butanediol-containing composition according to claim 4 , containing 2-pyrrolidone in a concentration of from 5.0 to 9.0 ppm by weight.

6 . The 1,4-butanediol-containing composition according to claim 4 , which has a pH is 5.0 or more and not more than 7.9.

7 . The 1,4-butanediol-containing composition according to claim 4 , which comprises levels of tetrahydrofuran of not greater than about 504 ppm by weight.

8 . The 1,4-butanediol-containing composition according to claim 4 , which comprises levels of tetrahydrofuran of about 504 ppm by weight.

9 . A 1,4-butanediol-containing composition having a concentration of 1,4-butanediol of 99.00% by weight or more and not more than 99.99% by weight and containing 2-pyrrolidone in a concentration, as converted into a nitrogen atom, of from 0.3 to 23.0 ppm by weight, wherein the 1,4-butanediol-containing composition is used to produce tetrahydrofuran.

10 . The 1,4-butanediol-containing composition according to claim 9 , containing 2-pyrrolidone in a concentration, as converted into a nitrogen atom, of from 0.8 to 1.5 ppm by weight.

11 . The 1,4-butanediol-containing composition according to claim 9 , which has a pH of 5.0 or more and not more than 7.9.

12 . The 1,4-butanediol-containing composition according to claim 9 , which comprises levels of tetrahydrofuran of not greater than about 504 ppm by weight.

13 . The 1,4-butanediol-containing composition according to claim 9 , which comprises levels of tetrahydrofuran of about 504 ppm by weight.