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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1984
Filed:
May. 31, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wolfgang W Gschwendtner, Cologne, DE;
Assignee:
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585670 ; 585664 ; 585850 ; 585855 ;
Abstract
Isobutylene containing a minor amount, e.g. 0.06-0.10 wt %, of n-butene-1 is subjected to gas phase isomerization using hydrogen and Group VIII metal catalyst to convert the butene-1 to butene-2 with at least 65% conversion and no more than 0.3% hydrogenation of the isobutylene; butene-2 is more readily separated from the isobutylene by distillation. Isomerization conditions applied are defined by a pressure of 3 to 5 bars gauge, a temperature of from 40.degree. to 50.degree. C., a space velocity of from 150 to 300 vol/vol/hour, a mass velocity of from 1.1 to 1.5 metric tons/m2/hour and a hydrogen/feed volume ratio of not more than 2.5%.