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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2012
Eddy Van Driessche, Eeklo, BE;
Jean-jacques G. Muls, Wemmel, BE;
Arie Van Vliet, Sterrebeek, BE;
Carl R. Beck, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Charles M. Yarbrough, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Eddy Van Driessche, Eeklo, BE;
Jean-Jacques G. Muls, Wemmel, BE;
Arie Van Vliet, Sterrebeek, BE;
Carl R. Beck, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Charles M. Yarbrough, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention disclosed herein relate to a process for the production of a C-Calcohol mixture comprising the steps of: hydroformylating an olefin mixture comprising a branched C-Colefin to form a hydroformylation product comprising aldehydes and formate esters, whereby the hydroformylation product has a net cold sap number from 15 to 38 mg KOH/g, and converting the aldehydes and formate esters to alcohols in a hydrogenation step comprising at least one first hydrogenation reactor comprising a fixed bed of a heterogeneous sulphided bimetallic catalyst.