Continental Oil Company

Conoco Inc.

Ronald L Poe

John F Scamehorn

Paul H Washecheck

William C Ziegenhain

Larry L Bendig

Kaye L Motz

James E Yates

Leland Robert Holliday

Cortlan R Schupbach

Internal olefins are subjected to metathesis closely coupled after an isomerization reaction to obtain desired molecular weight range linear olefins. Specific process steps and separation conditions are necessary to obtain the desired linear olefins.

Process for the preparation of linear olefins from triethylaluminum and

An improvement in the method of preparing alumina by water hydrolysis of aluminum alkoxides is disclosed. Briefly, the improvement comprising admixing the water and aluminum alkoxide under high velocity conditions prior to passing the resulting admixture to the reactor. The improved process results in a product having improved physical properties, particularly pore volume and bulk density.

Process for preparing alumina

High pressure methylation of 2,6-xylenol to produce 2,3,6-trimethylphenol is accomplished by maintaining the methanol/2,6-xylenol feed at temperature and pressures sufficient to keep the feed liquid in a reactor head then forcing the feed through orifices, expanding the feed into a mixed vapor liquid phase, the feed after expansion being in the range of reaction conditions of pressure and temperature while in the presence of the catalyst where the reaction takes place. The process avoids the current problems of uneven feed mixtures and catalyst tube plugging.

Process for the high pressure methylation of 2,6-xylenol

An improved method for the transesterification of secondary alcohol borate esters with methanol, the improvement comprising separating a portion of the extractive distillation column overhead as a reflux stream and returning said reflux stream to the extractive distillation column between points located at or below the point at which the borate ester feed is introduced to the column and at or above the point at which methanol is introduced to the column, thus reducing the amount of boron-containing compounds in the crude secondary alcohol product stream.

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Ponca City, OK, United States of America

Ronald L Poe