Alkylation of organic aromatic compounds

Patent · Tue Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:7169859

Smith, Jr, L A

Aromatic compounds are alkylated in a catalytic distillation, wherein the catalyst structure also serves as a distillation component by contacting the aromatic compound with a C[sub 2] to C[sub 10] olefin in the catalyst bed under 0.25 to 50 atmospheres of pressure and at temperatures in the range of 80 C to 500 C, using as the catalyst a mole sieve characterized as acidic or an acidic cation exchange resin. For example, ethyl benzene is produced by feeding ethylene below the catalyst bed while benzene is conveniently added through the reflux in molar excess to that required to react with ethylene, thereby reacting substantially all of the ethylene and recovering benzene as the principal overhead and ethyl benzene in the bottoms. 1 fig.

• DOE Contract Number: FC07-80CS40454
• Assignee: Chemical Research Licensing Co., Houston, TX (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 4849569; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-258892
• OSTI ID: 7169859
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 17 Oct 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MOLECULAR SIEVES
OPERATION
ADSORBENTS
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