Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing N-vinyl pyrrolidone by converting 2-pyrrolidone with acetylene, characterized in that the 2-pyrrolidone used as the initial material (hereafter referred to as initial 2-pyrrolidone) contains less than 1 weight unit of y-butyrolactone per 100 weight units of 2-pyrrolidone.
Abstract:
A process for removing by-products from N-vinylamide-rich product mixtures (crude N-vinylamide), characterized in that an extraction of the crude N-vinylamide is performed with an organic solvent as the extractant.