Purification of 1,4-butanediol

摘要

Color-forming materials or their precursors present in crude 1,4-butanediol are reduced more efficiently by subjecting the crude 1,4-butanediol to distillation under conditions wherein substantially all the water present in the crude 1,4-butanediol is first removed and then the 1,4-butanediol with reduced water content is further distilled to remove the color-forming materials.