| abstract |
A process for producing pure grade acrylic acid having residual aldehyde levels under 10 parts per million by means of distillation of crude acrylic acid in the presence of two selected groups of amines - chosen from the groups consisting of aromatic amino acids, alkanolamines, phenylene diamines and (di)nitrophenylhydrazines - at different points of the continuous process. The treatment provides a selective reduction, for example, of acrolein and furfural, and may be advantagenously conducted in the presence of maleic acid and maleic anhydride impurities. |