Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION AND CRYSTILLIZATION OF 2-NITRO-2-METHYL-1-PROPANOL (NMP) BY TREATING A SOLUTION THEREOF WITH DILUTE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE TO REMOVE FREE FORMALDEHYDE, CONCENTRATING THE SOLUTION TO OBTAIN A MELT AND SLOWLY INTRODUCING THE MELT INTO A CHILLED NON-SOLVENT LIQUID AND RECOVERING THE CRYSTALLIZED NMP THEREBY OBTAINED.