Method for producing mixtures of 1,4-butanediol, tetrahydrofuran and gamma-butyrolactone

摘要

In a process for preparing 1,4-butanediol, tetrahydrofuran and gamma-butyrolactone by oxidation of butane to give a product stream comprising maleic anhydride, absorption of maleic anhydride from the product stream using a high-boiling alcohol to give a liquid absorption product comprising monoesters and diesters of maleic acid and also high-boiling alcohol, after-esterification of the liquid absorption product and subsequent hydrogenation of the after-esterified product in the liquid phase, the high-boiling alcohol is a polyhydric alcohol having a boiling point at atmospheric pressure of above 233° C. and the after-esterified product has an acid number of less than 30 mg KOH/g and a water content of less than 1% by weight.