Abstract:
Benzene or alkylbenzene (e.g., toluene) is alkylated with propylene to produce diisopropylbenzenes or isopropylalkylbenzenes, which in turn are selectively cracked to remove the 1,4-isomer. The resultant product, containing a high level of the 1,3-isomer, is then oxidized to 1,3-dihydroxybenzene or 3-alkylphenol (e.g. 3-methylphenol) in significant yield.
Abstract:
Conjugated diolefins contaminated with relatively high levels of acetylenic impurities in a hydrocarbon feedstream are purified by a cyclic, vapor phase, predominantly catalytic cracking process which selectively removes alpha-cetylenes in a single pass. A feedstream containing about equal weights of isoprene and mixed monoolefins and alkanes contaminated with alpha-acetylenes including isopropenyl acetylene inter alia, up to about 5.0 percent by weight (% by wt) of the feedstream, and a larger amount of cyclopentadiene, is contacted in the vapor phase with a supported Group I B metal oxide catalyst in the absence of hydrogen, at a temperature in the range from about 300.degree. F. to about 360.degree. F. In this narrow temperature range, the loss of diolefin is less than 1% by weight. Essentially all the cyclopentadiene (CPD) is left unconverted. Isopropenyl acetylene content of the effluent is generally less than about 25 ppm in the single pass process which is carried out in a fixed bed reactor operating at substantially atmospheric pressure. In an analogous process, from a crude butadiene feedstream containing less than about 1.0 percent by weight of vinyl acetylene and methyl acetylene, inter alia, a butadiene effluent is recovered having less than about 200 ppm alpha-acetylenes. The butadiene effluent, substantially free from poisons for a cis-polybutadiene polymerization catalyst, except CPD, if it is present in the feed, minimizes the loss of this catalyst and provides better yields.
Abstract:
Gaseous streams containing carbonyl compounds have the carbonyl content reduced by contacting the gaseous streams with a catalyst of ZnS. Reactor effluent from an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction to produce butadiene-1,3, is contacted with ZnS to remove carbonyl compounds.
Abstract:
Gaseous streams containing carbonyl compounds are reduced in carbonyl compounds by reacting a vapor phase with catalyst comprising as the major cation portion at least two metals of Periodic Table Groups 1b, 2b, 4b, 6b, 7b and 8. Reactor effluent from oxidative dehydrogenation reaction to produce butadiene-1,3 is reacted with iron oxide - copper chromite on AMC catalyst to remove carbonyl compounds.
Abstract:
The reaction product effluent emanating from an isoparaffinic/olefinic, HF-alkylation reactor system, containing normal paraffins, motor fuel, alkylate, unreacted isoparaffins, hydrogen fluoride catalyst and organic fluoride compounds, is separated to recover a motor fuel alkylate product substantially free from fluoride compounds, and having a predetermined volatility, or vapor pressure. Two separation zones are employed to produce an alkylate containing hydrogen fluoride and a normal paraffin stream containing organic fluoride and hydrogen fluoride. Three treating zones afford the recovery of a fluoride-free motor fuel alkylate and a fluoride-free normal paraffin concentrate; a portion of the latter is blended with the former to adjust the volatility to the predetermined level.
Abstract:
Acetylenic compounds are selectively removed from hydrocarbon mixtures containing same by oxidation in the presence of a copper chromite catalyst. In one embodiment, acetylenic compounds are selectively removed from streams containing C.sub.4 unsaturated hydrocarbons containing same by contacting oxygen and the stream with a catalyst of copper, chromium, and oxygen under oxidizing conditions.
Abstract:
A method of producing cyclopentene comprising the steps of depolymerizing dicyclopentadiene to produce raw cyclopentadiene; feeding the raw cyclopentadiene to a distillation tower having an upper part cooled to a temperature near the boiling point of the cyclopentadiene and an outlet maintained at 35.degree. to 60.degree. C and a lower part at a temperature of 40.degree. to 150.degree. C; thereby to produce highly pure gaseous cyclopentadiene at the top outlet and impure components having high boiling point at the lower outlet which are removed continuously; mixing the highly pure cyclopentadiene obtained thereby with hydrogen and reacting in a first hydrogenation reactor using a palladium containing catalyst, then mixing the resulting product with hydrogen and reacting in a second hydrogenation reactor with a palladium containing catalyst; cooling the resulting product and separating the liquid phase from the gas phase and recirculating the gas phase for use in the hydrogenation reactions.
Abstract:
Toluene and toluene derivatives are dehydrocoupled to stilbene and stilbene derivatives in a vapor phase reaction in the presence of a metal oxide. The stilbene products are purified of by-product polar impurities. The purified stilbene can be catalytically reacted in the vapor phase with ethylene to produce styrene.
Abstract:
Lower alpha-alkynes such as acetylene, methylacetylene, vinylacetylene, and ethylacetylene are effectively removed from hydrocarbon and other gas streams by contacting the contaminated gas with a finely divided metal catalyst consisting of copper plus at least one polyvalent activator metal supported on a high surface area gamma-alumina containing a defined amount of Na2O. The catalyst is easily regenerated by oxidation and hydrogen reduction at moderately elevated temperatures.