Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Bernard Graves, Jr.
  • Reactive distillation process for hydrolysis of esters
    Patent number: 6518465
    Abstract: A process for hydrolyzing an alkyl ester to produce a carboxylic acid product and an ether product, the process includes the steps of introducing into a reaction zone of a reactive distillation column a feed containing the alkyl ester wherein the reaction zone is at a temperature and pressure to preferentially produce an ether from the ester; and recovering the ether and the carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Craig Alan Hoyme, Edwin Franklin Holcombe, III