Process for converting toluene and butadiene to styrene and 1-pentene
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorLynn H. Slaugh
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Abstract
The instant invention relates to a process for converting toluene and butadiene to styrene and 1-pentene by: (a) reacting touene and 1,3-butadiene in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst, (b) contacting the butenylated reaction product of step (a) with a double bond isomerization catalyst at a temperature sufficient to cause double isomerization, (c) reacting the isomerized product of step (b) with ethylene in the presence of a disproportionation catalyst, and (d) separating from the reaction product of step (c) product styrene and 1-pentene.
Claims7
A process for converting toluene and butadiene to styrene and 1-pentene, which process comprises:
- (a) reacting toluene and 1,3-butadiene in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst,
- (b) contacting the reaction product of step (a) with a double bond isomerization catalyst at a temperature sufficient to effect double bond isomerization,
- (c) reacting the isomerized product of step (b) with ethylene in the presence of a disproportionation catalyst, and
- (d) separating from the resulting product of step (c) product styrene and 1-pentene.
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