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THE INVENTION RELATES TO A CONTINUOUSLY OPERATED PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION BY DISTILLATION OF THE 1,2-PROPYLENE GLYCOL FORMED AS BY-PRODUCT IN THE SYNTHESIS OF PROPYLENE OXIDE, WHEREIN THE MIXTURE FORMED IN THE SYNTHESIS WHICH CONTAINS THE 1,2PROPYLENE GLYCOL IS SEPARATED IN A DIVIDING WALL COLUMN INTO LOW-, INTERMEDIATE- AND HIGH-BOILING FRACTIONS AND THE 1,2-PROPYLENE GLYCOL IS TAKEN OFF AS INTERMEDIATE BOILER AT THE SIDE OFF TAKE OF THE COLUMN.
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