Process for the preparation of tertiary alcohols by the hydration of tertiary olefins in a reactive rectification using a structured multi-purpose packing
AssigneeBP Koln GmbH
InventorsAxel Gohrt, Joachim Grub, Stefan Kaminsky, Stephan Muller, Brian Schwegler
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Abstract
Tertiary alcohols can be prepared by the hydration of tertiary olefins having the same number of carbon atoms on an acidic ion exchanger using special structured multi-purpose packings for heterogeneous reactive rectification. An excellent yield and purity of the alcohol and an extended service life of the catalyst are achieved.
Claims9
A process for the preparation of tertiary alcohols by reacting the corresponding tertiary olefins having the same number of carbon atoms with water in a heterogeneous reactive rectification in the presence of an acidic cation exchanger, characterized in that said process is performed using structured catalytic multi-purpose packings which have sections serving for material separation and sections serving as second functionality elements, wherein said sections serving as second functionality elements have a compartmental structure in which said acidic cation exchanger is contained.
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