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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 1990

Filed:

Jul. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:

Fu Ming Lee, Bartlesville, OK (US);

Assignee:

Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
203 55 ; 203 56 ; 203 58 ; 203 65 ; 203 69 ; 585313 ; 585833 ;
Abstract

A mixture of (a) at least one saturated C5-C9 alcohol (preferably cyclohexanol) and (b) at least one sulfolane (preferably unsubstituted sulfolane, cyclotetramethylene sulfone) is used as solvent in the extractive distillation of a feed mixture of cycloalkane(s) in particular cyclohexane) and close-boiling alkane(s). A novel composition of matter contains (a) and (b), as defined above, and optionally also (c) water.


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