摘要 |
A process for removing impurities from 3-(2'-acetoxyethyl)dihydro-2(3H)furanone (I), where the 3-(2'-acetoxyethyl)dihydro-2(3H)furanone containing the undesirable impurities is initially prepared in a manner known per se by acetylation of 3-(2'-hydroxyethyl)dihydro-2(3H)furanone and the resulting product is subsequently subjected to a distillation or rectification, includes carrying out the distillation or rectification in a plurality of steps, where high-boiling impurities are removed in a first step, the product which is drawn off via the top is subsequently subjected to at least one further step in which low-boilers and intermediate boilers are drawn off via the top and the desired pure I is obtained as bottom product.
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