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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Rene Johan Haan, Amsterdam, NL;
Jean-paul Lange, Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Rene Johan Haan, Amsterdam, NL;
Jean-Paul Lange, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gasoline composition containing in the range of from 0.1 to 30 wt % alkylfurfuryl ether with an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms is provided. The gasoline composition is prepared by blending the alkylfurfuryl ether in a gasoline base fuel. The alkylfurfuryl ether is prepared by reacting an alkyl alcohol having in the range of 1 to 4 carbon atoms is reacted with furfuryl alcohol by contacting a liquid phase comprising the alkyl alcohol and furfuryl alcohol with an acidic zeolite catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 50 to 200° C.