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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1984
Larry W Payne, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An improved process for the solvent extraction of free oil from C.sub.8 to C.sub.24 olefin sulfonation products, which comprises steps for contacting an olefin sulfonation product containing free oil with an alkane-based extraction solvent and phase separating the resulting mixture into an extract phase enriched in free oil and a raffinate phase enriched in sulfonated matter. The invention is particularly directed to the use in such a process of an extraction solvent which comprises one or more C.sub.4 to C.sub.9 alkanes and between about 5 and 35 percent by weight of dimethyl ketone. Deoiled sulfonation products are known for utility as components of detergent formulations for industrial, household and personal care uses.