Vinylene carbonate high purity and a process for purficación vinylene carbonate

Process for the purification of vinylene carbonate, wherein the vinylene carbonate to purify) is contacted with 0.1 to 30% by weight of urea, based on vinylene carbonate, at a temperature from 25 to elintervalo oC.b 180) is filtered off the solid precipitate optionally, c) is distilled through a column vinylene carbonate thus purified and d) the purified vi enylene carbonate is produced by melt crystallization distillate.