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Use of superconductor type catalysts in the preparation of tertiary butyl alcohol from tertiary butyl hydroperoxide

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6055737
In a method wherein a solution of a tertiary butyl hydroperoxide charge stock in tertiary butyl alcohol is brought into contact with a catalytically effective amount of a hydroperoxide decomposition catalyst in a hydroperoxide decomposition reaction zone in liquid phase with agitation to convert said tertiary butyl hydroperoxide to decomposition products, principally tertiary butyl alcohol, the improvement is described which comprises: (a) using a superconductor as said hydroperoxide decomposition catalyst, and (b) recovering tertiary butyl alcohol from the products of said hydroperoxide decomposition reaction.
Assignee:
Texaco Chemical Co., White Plains, NY (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5236893; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-941503
OSTI ID:
6055737
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English