Inventors:
Gregory J. Ward - Gulf Breeze FL, US
Bryan C. Blanchard - Milton FL, US
Scott G. Moffatt - Pearland TX, US
Valerie S. Monical - Houston TX, US
Richard D. Murphy - Alvin TX, US
Balshekar Ramchandran - Friendswood TX, US
Assignee:
Solutia, Inc. - St. Louis MO
International Classification:
C07C 43/32
Abstract:
Acrolein is removed from a process stream such as a process stream generated in the manufacture of acrylonitrile. The process includes reacting the acrolein with a compound containing a reactable thiol or hydroxyl moiety in the presence of an acid catalyst. The present process provides for a refined process stream that contains no more than 5 ppm by weight unreacted acrolein.