Method for Producing Hydrocarbons
AssigneeCognis IP Management GmbH
InventorsJurgen Falkowski, Markus Dierker, Michael Neuss, Karl Heinz Schmid, Stephan Wurkert, Lars Zander
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Abstract
A process is provided for the production of linear saturated alkanes from one or more primary alcohols, wherein the carbon chain of the one or more primary alcohols has one carbon atom more than the alkane, including conducting reductive dehydroxymethylation of one or more primary fatty alcohols containing 8 to 24 carbon atoms, at a temperature ranging from 100 to 300° C. and pressures from 1 to 250 bar in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst, and removing water formed during the reaction.
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A process for the production of linear saturated alkanes from one or more primary alcohols, wherein the carbon chain of the one or more primary alcohols has one carbon atom more than the alkane, comprising
- conducting reductive dehydroxymethylation of one or more primary fatty alcohols containing 8 to 24 carbon atoms, at a temperature ranging from 100 to 300° C. and pressures from 1 to 250 bar in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst;
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- removing water formed during the reaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.