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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Dow Technology Investments Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Michael A. Brammer, Freeport, TX (US);
Jason F. Giles, Missouri City, TX (US);
Glenn A. Miller, South Charleston, WV (US);
Dow Technology Investments LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to processes to improve rhodium accountability in continuous liquid recycle hydroformylation processes. In some embodiments, a process comprises contacting in a reaction zone reactants comprising mixed C8 olefins or mixed C9 olefins, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst comprising rhodium and an organomonophosphite ligand to form a reaction fluid, wherein the reaction fluid is introduced to a strip gas vaporizer to produce a product stream and a vaporizer tails stream, and wherein the vaporizer tails stream comprises at least 1.2 percent by weight C8 internal olefins or at least 1.3 percent by weight C9 internal olefins.