摘要 |
Preparing trimethylolpropane (TMP) comprises reacting butyraldehyde with formaldehyde in the presence of an inorganic base to obtain a TMP-containing reaction mixture and processing the TMP-containing reaction mixture, where the processing step comprises adjusting the pH of the TMP-containing reaction mixture to 4.50-5.90 at a temperature of 50[deg] C. |