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US 7,115,787 B2Granted
Method for producing tert-butanol by means of reactive rectification
AssigneeOxeno Olefinchemie GmbH
InventorsDieter Reusch, Andreas Beckmann, Franz Nierlich, Axel Tuchlenski
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for preparing tert-butanol (TBA) from isobutene-containing mixtures, in which at least part of the conversion is achieved with the aid of a reactive rectification.
Claims10
A process for preparing tertiary butanol comprising reacting an isobutene-containing C4-hydrocarbon stream with water over a solid acidic catalyst, wherein
- the isobutene-containing C4-hydrocarbon stream and water are reacted with addition of TBA in one or more reactor/s and the mixture obtained is fed into a reactive distillation column below the reaction zone.
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