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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Sipke Hidde Wadman, Amsterdam, NL;
Jean Paul Andre Marie Joseph Ghislain Lange, Amsterdam, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for the production of 1,4-BDO and THF from furan, said process comprising: (i) contacting furan with hydrogen and water in a reactor in the presence of a catalytic composition, wherein the furan and water are contacted in the presence of a solvent, said solvent being selected from one or more of THF, 1,4-BDO and NBA, and converting at least a portion of said furan to 1,4-BDO and THF; (ii) producing a reactor product stream comprising gases, water, THF, 1,4-BDO and furan; (iii) separating gases from the reactor product stream; (iv) then separating at least a portion of each of the THF and 1,4-BDO from said reactor product stream; and (v) recycling the remainder of the reactor product stream, comprising water, optionally furan, and at least one of THF, 1,4-BDO and NBA, to the reactor.