Patent 7910780 was granted and assigned to LG Chem on March, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to a method for purifying terephthalaldehyde which comprises a first step of dissolving terephthalaldehyde containing impurities in an aromatic solvent at high temperature to prepare a solution; and a second step of quenching the solution to re-crystallize it into terephthalaldehyde. In accordance with the present invention, high pure terephthalaldehyde may be economically prepared.