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US 2003/0120121 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for synthesizing from alcohols and ethers from alkanes, alkenes, and aromatics
AssigneeGRT, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey H. Sherman, Eric McFarland
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Abstract
A reactant selected from the group consisting of alkanes, alkenes, and aromatics is reacted with a metal halide to form the halide of the reactant and reduced metal. The reduced metal is oxidized to form metal oxide. The metal oxide is reacted with the halide of the reactant to produce the alcohol and/or the ether corresponding to the reactant and the original metal halide which is recycled.
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The method of synthesizing alcohols and/or ethers comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a reactant selected from the group comprising alkanes, alkenes, and aromatics;
- b. providing a metal halide;
- c. reacting the metal halide with the reactant to produce the halide of the reactant and reduced metal;
- d. reacting the reduced metal with an oxidizer to produce metal oxide;
- e. reacting the metal oxide produced in step d. with the halide of the reactant produced in step c. to produce the alcohol and/or the ether corresponding to the reactant and the original metal halide;
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- f. recycling the metal halide.
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A method of synthesizing alcohols and ethers comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a first reactor;
- b. providing a quantity of a reactant selected from the group consisting alkanes, alkenes, and aromatics;
- c. providing a metal halide;
- d. directing the reactant into the first reactor;
- e. simultaneously directing the metal halide into the first reactor for reaction with the reactant to produce the halide of the reactant and reduced metal;
- f. providing the second reactor;
- g. providing a quantity of an oxidizer;
- h. directing the reduced metal produced in step e. into the second reactor;
- i. simultaneously directing the oxidizer into the second reactor for reaction with the reduced metal to reduce metal oxide;
- j. directing the metal oxide produced in step i. into the third reactor;
- k. directing the halide of the reactant produced in step e. into the third reactor for reaction with the metal oxide to produce the alcohol and/or the ether corresponding to the reactant and the original metal halide;
- l. recovering the alcohol and/or the ether from the third reactor;
- m. directing the metal halide produced in step k. from the third reactor to the first reactor.
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