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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hanbury John Woods, Campbellville, CA;
Assignee:
Gulf Oil Canada Limited, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2606 / ; 2606 / ;
Abstract
Diisopropyl ether is prepared from isopropanol in liquid phase in contact with particular Montmorillonite clay catalysts, optionally in the presence of added propylene. The process is operated in a continuous manner by continuously feeding liquid isopropanol, optionally with added propylene, into a reaction space where the feed contacts the catalyst at 120.degree. to 250.degree. C for an average contact time of 1 to 120 minutes. Pressure is maintained in the reactor to keep a liquid phase in contact with the solid catalyst. Effluent withdrawn continuously from the reaction space at the feed rate is separated by fractionation to recover diisopropyl ether.