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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1990
Philip O Nubel, Naperville, IL (US);
Larry C Satek, Wheaton, IL (US);
Michael J Spangler, Sandwich, IL (US);
Charles A Lutman, West Chicago, IL (US);
Glenn O Michaels, South Holland, IL (US);
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A process for the halogen-assisted conversion of lower alkanes to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons is provided. A first reaction mixture including lower alkanes, a hydrogen halide and an oxygen-containing gas are contacted with a catalytic composition of crystalline copper aluminum borate at appropriate reaction conditions to form an intermediate composition including halogenated alkanes. The halogenated alkanes are subsequently contacted with a catalytic composition of a pentasil molecular sieve material under appropriate reaction conditions to form a product mixture including hydrocarbons having molecular weights greater than the lower alkanes.