Separation of acetic acid from dioxane by extractive distillation

摘要

Dioxane cannot be completely removed from dioxane and acetic acid mixtures by distillation because of the presence of the maximum azeotrope. Dioxane can be readily removed from dioxane-acetic acid mixtures by extractive distillation in which the extractive agent is dimethylsulfoxide, either alone or mixed with certain high boiling organic compounds. Examples of effective agents are dimethylsulfoxide; DMSO and octanoic acid; DMSO, hexanoic acid and isophorone.