摘要 |
Propanoic acid cannot be completely removed from propanoic-water mixtures by distillation because of the presence of the minimum azeotrope. Propanoic acid can be readily removed from mixtures containing it and water by using extractive distillation in which the extractive distillation agent is an acid amide. Typical examples of effective agents are acetamide; dimethylformamide and methyl glutaronitrile; formamide, adiponitrile and N,N-dimethylacetamide.
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