摘要 |
The present invention relates to a process for obtaining ditrimethylolpropane and trimethylolpropane-enriched product streams from the high-boiling fractions and residues which are obtained in the distillative purification of trimethylolpropane, wherein an aqueous solution of these fractions and residues is catalytically hydrogenated in the presence of an acidic compound and, after removing solids, contacted both with basic and with acidic ion exchangers. A trimethylolpropane-enriched product stream can be distilled out of the aqueous eluate obtained, leaving ditrimethylolpropane as the distillation residue.
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