Production of alcohols
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorTamotsu Imai
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Abstract
The production of alcohols in which an olefinic hydrocarbon is hydrated with a liquid water in the presence of an aqueous sulfur-containing acid catalyst such as sulfuric acid may be improved by effecting the reaction in the presence of a solid, porous carbon support which will act as the co-catalyst or promoter. The hydration reactions which are employed for the process will include a temperature in the range of from about 100.degree. to about 300.degree. C. and a pressure in the range of from about 1 to about 300 atmospheres.
Claims10
A process for the production of an alcohol in a vaporliquid mixed phase environment which comprises hydrating a vaporous olefinc hydrocarbon containing from 2 to 4 carbon atoms with liquid water at hydration conditions which include a temperature in the range of from about 100.degree. to about 300.degree. C. and a pressure in the range of from about 1 to about 300 atmospheres, wherein said hydration conditions are selected to insure that said water remains in a liquid phase in the presence of a liquid sulfur-containing acid catalyst and a co-catalyst consisting essentially of a solid, porous, hydrophobic or hydrophilic carbon and recovering the resultant alcohol.
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