"process for producing cycloalkylaromatic compounds"
AssigneeExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorsTeng Xu, Wenyih F. Lai
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Abstract
In a process for producing a cycloalkylaromatic compound, an aromatic compound, hydrogen and at least one diluent are supplied to a hydroalkylation reaction zone, such that the weight ratio of the diluent to the aromatic compound supplied to the hydroalkylation reaction zone is at least 1:100. The aromatic compound, hydrogen and the at least one diluent are then contacted under hydroalkylation conditions with a hydroalkylation catalyst in the hydroalkylation reaction zone to produce an effluent comprising a cycloalkylaromatic compound.
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A process for producing a cycloalkylaromatic compound, the process comprising:
- (a) supplying an aromatic compound, hydrogen and at least one diluent to a hydroalkylation reaction zone, wherein the weight ratio of the diluent to the aromatic compound supplied to the hydroalkylation reaction zone, as measured at the input to the hydroalkylation reaction zone, is in the range from 1:100 to 100:1 and wherein the molar ratio of hydrogen to the aromatic compound supplied to the hydroalkylation reaction zone, as measured at the input to the hydroalkylation reaction zone, is in the range from 1:100 to 100:1;
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- (b) contacting the aromatic compound, hydrogen and the at least one diluent under hydroalkylation conditions with a hydroalkylation catalyst in the hydroalkylation reaction zone to produce an effluent comprising a cycloalkylaromatic compound.
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