Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.p.

Nicholas Bruschi

Sandor M Nagy

Barbara Kimmich

Justin E Turner

Ha H Nguyen

Anthony S Dearth

Dan D Lindsey

David W Leyshon

Elizabeth I Ross-Medgaarden

Pranit S Metkar

Debra L Jackson

George R Horvat

James D Montano-Lawrence

Methods of preparing titanated silica catalysts, and titanated silica catalysts. The titanated silica catalysts may include a silica support, which may include spherical beads. Methods of olefin epoxidation, which may include contacting an olefin with a titanated silica catalyst in the presence of an oxidant.

Titanated catalysts, methods of preparing titanated catalysts, and methods of epoxidation

A method including contacting an organic stream with water and carbon dioxide, whereby sodium is extracted from the organic stream, and separating an aqueous sodium salt-containing phase from an organic phase comprising a reduced sodium content. The organic stream can be a heavy residue formed in the co-production of propylene oxide and styrene. Contacting can include combining the carbon dioxide with the water to form a CO-saturated water stream and contacting the CO-saturated water stream with the organic stream, and/or combining the organic stream and the water to form a mixture and injecting the carbon dioxide as a gas thereinto. The method can further include repeating the contacting and the separating one or more times on the organic phase, subjecting the organic phase to ion exchange, or both, to obtain an organic phase having a further reduced sodium content. A system for carrying out the method is also provided.

Waste stream upgrading in a propylene oxide/styrene coproduction process

The present disclosure relates to a method including subjecting an organic stream comprising at least one oxygenate to hydrotreatment, whereby a hydrotreatment product comprising ethylbenzene is produced, wherein the organic stream is a product of a process for the production of propylene oxide; and separating an ethylbenzene product stream from the hydrotreatment product, to yield a residual stream.

By-product stream upgrading in a propylene oxide/styrene coproduction process

The present disclosure relates to a method for effecting catalytic selective oxidation in liquid phase comprising a perfluorinated solvent and an olefinic compound with molecular oxygen to produce an epoxide. The method may provide enhanced selectivity to the epoxide of greater than 60%. The olefinic compound may be ethylene, propylene, butenes, 1-octene, butadiene, allyl chloride, allyl alcohol, styrene, and the like. The perfluorinated solvent may be perfluoro methyldecalin, perfluorodecalin, perfluoroperhydrophenanthrene, perfluoro (butyltetrahydrofuran), isomers thereof, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the method includes catalytically epoxidizing, in a liquid phase comprising a perfluorinated solvent, propylene with molecular oxygen to produce propylene oxide. A system for carrying out the method is also provided, the system comprising a source of a perfluorinated solvent, and a liquid phase reactor fluidly connected with the source, and configured for effecting catalytic selective oxidation, in a liquid phase comprising the perfluorinated solvent, of an olefinic compound with molecular oxygen to produce an epoxide.

Liquid phase selective oxidation to epoxides with molecular oxygen

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