Acetic Acid → HCID 22163007, compound

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A straight batch distillation employing a 20 tray Oldershaw column at a reflux ratio of 10/1 at atmospheric pressure with a pot temperature of 140°-146° C. and an overhead temperature of 115°-140° C. was carried out on a reaction mixture resulting from an acid catalyzed esterification of propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PM) and acetic acid to produce propylene glycol monomethyl acetate (PMA). The reaction mixture contained on a percent by weight basis 97.2% propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, 2.0% unreacted acetic acid, 0.1% unreacted propylene glycol monomethyl ether and 0.7% p-toluene sulfonic acid catalyst. The distillation was carried out for 1 hour and a 14% overhead cut taken. The results were as follows:

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