Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Carolyn B Duncan

Ramzi Yanni Saleh

David Wayne Turner

Jane C Cheng

Raphael Frans Caers

Charles Morris Yarbrough

Stephen Wayne Beadle

James L Propp

Ernest E Green

Jon E Stanat

Allen David Godwin

Daria N Lissy

Georges M K Mathys

Michael J Keenan

Jon E R Stanat

Roger Eijkhoudt

Cesar M Cheng-Guajardo

Cesar M Cheng Guajardo

A method is described for preparing a molecular sieve-containing catalyst for use in a catalytic process conducted in a stirred tank reactor. The method comprises providing a mixture comprising a molecular sieve crystal and forming the mixture into catalyst particles having an average cross-sectional dimension of between about 0.01 mm and about 3.0 mm. The mixture may include a binder and the catalyst particles are then calcined to remove water therefrom and, after calcination and prior to loading the catalyst particles into a reactor for conducting the catalytic process, the catalyst particles are coated with a paraffin inert to the conditions employed in the catalytic process.

Preparation of molecular sieve catalysts and their use in the production of alkylaromatic hydrocarbons

An alkylaromatic hydrocarbon composition prepared by the process which comprises oligomerizing an olefin selected from the group consisting of propylene, n-butene and mixtures thereof over an oligomerization catalyst, to form a oligomerization product comprising at least 95% by weight of mono-olefin oligomers of the empirical formula:CHwherein n is greater than or equal to 10, the mono-olefin oligomers comprise at least 20% by weight of olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms, and the olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms having an average of from 0.8 to 2.0 C-Calkyl branches per carbon chain. Sulfonation of the alkylaromatic hydrocarbon product produces an alkylaryl sulfonate mixture that exhibits advantageous properties, such as biodegradability and hard and cold water performance.

Preparation of alkylaromatic hydrocarbons and alkylaryl sulfonates

In a process for preparing an alkylaromatic hydrocarbon composition an olefinic hydrocarbon mixture and an aromatic compound are contacted under alkylation conditions with an aromatic alkylation catalyst selected from a homogeneous acid catalyst and heterogeneous acid catalyst comprising a molecular sieve having an X-ray diffraction pattern including d-spacing maxima at 12.4&#xb1;0.25, 6.9&#xb1;0.15, 3.57&#xb1;0.07 and 3.42&#xb1;0.07 Angstroms. The olefinic hydrocarbon mixture comprises at least 5 wt % by weight of mono-olefin oligomers of the empirical formula:CHwherein n is greater than or equal to 10, the mono-olefin oligomers comprising at least 20 percent by weight of olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms, and the olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms having an average of from 0.8 to 2.0 C-Calkyl branches per carbon chain. Sulfonation of the alkylaromatic hydrocarbon product produces an alkylaryl sulfonate mixture that exhibits advantageous properties, such as biodegradability and hard and cold water performance.

In a process for oligomerizing a Cto Cn-olefin feedstock over surface deactivated ZSM-23, the feedstock contains from about 0.1 wt % to about 25 wt % of an iso-olefin and the C+ fraction of the oligomerized olefin product contains less than 0.5 atom % of quaternary carbon atoms.

Olefin oligomerization process

A selectivated molecular sieve, e.g., ZSM-22 or ZSM-23, is used as olefin oligomerization catalyst to provide product, e.g., octenes and dodecenes from butene, having a low degree of branching and hindered double bonds.

Oligomerization of olefins

In a process for preparing an olefinic hydrocarbon mixture comprising at least 5% by weight of mono-olefin oligomers of the empirical formula:CHwhere n is greater than or equal to 6, a feedstock comprising n-butene and propylene in a molar ratio of about 1:0.01 to about 1:0.49 is contacted under oligomerization conditions with surface deactivated ZSM-23. The resultant mono-olefin oligomers comprise at least 20 percent by weight of olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms, wherein said olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms have an average of from about 0.8 to about 2.0 C&#x2013;Calkyl branches per carbon chain.

Process for preparing and olefinic hydrocarbon mixture

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Carolyn B Duncan