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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2008
Shuji Sakuma, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Tsuchida, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Sangi, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is to provide compositions comprising organic compounds useful as a chemical industrial material or a fuel composition with the use of an alcohol such as ethanol as a material. It is a method for producing compositions using alcohol as a starting material and comprising: allowing alcohol to contact with an alcohol conversion catalyst such as hydroxyapatite (first step) and conducting a hydrogenation reaction respectively for all reaction products consisting of a liquid phase including alcohols, water and hydrocarbons of 4-12 carbons and a gas phase which is light gas containing paraffins, alcohols and olefins; all liquid phase reaction products consisting of all reaction products from which light gas has been removed; a liquid phase dehydration reaction products consisting of all reaction products from which light gas, unreacted alcohol and product water have been removed; and light gas (second step).