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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Taylor, Jr, Port Arthur, TX (US);
Pei-Shing E Dai, Port Arthur, TX (US);
John F Knifton, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Chemical Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568698 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an integrated process for the generation of a mixture of ethers, such as diisopropyl ether, methyl tertiary butyl ether, and/or isopropyl tertiary butyl ether, from a crude by-product acetone stream composed of acetone, tertiary butyl alcohol and methanol by passing such a stream, in the presence of hydrogen, over a catalyst system characterized by having both a hydrogenation activity gradient along the reactor in one direction and an etherification activity gradient in the opposite direction.