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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Glenn Charles Komplin, Katy, TX (US);
Joseph Broun Powell, Houston, TX (US);
Paul Richard Weider, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Glenn Charles Komplin, Katy, TX (US);
Joseph Broun Powell, Houston, TX (US);
Paul Richard Weider, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 45/78 (2006.01); C07C 31/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of treating an aldehyde mixture comprising a carboxylic acid and a metal cation, which method comprises: contacting the aldehyde mixture with a basic separating medium, and subsequently or simultaneously contacting with an acidic separating medium; use of the treated aldehyde mixture to prepare an alcohol; and the alcohol.