Abstract
The authors contemplated to find the most suitable conditions to manufacture butylene glycol via chlorohydrin process.
It was found that a substantial good yield of Butylene chlorohydrin was obtained by utilizing natural circulating reaction tower using untreated electrolytic chlorine.
Further investigations were made on the dehydrochlorination of butylene chlorohydrin and it was found that butylene oxide was more easily isomerized to butylene aldehyde than propylene oxide to propion aldehybe.
In manufacturing butylene glycol by hydration of butylene oxide the optimum conditions on the concentration of butylene oxide, effect of isomers and other factors have been decided.
