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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Wayne Errol Evans, Richmond, TX (US);
Glenn Charles Komplin, Katy, TX (US);
Duraisamy Muthusamy, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Wayne Errol Evans, Richmond, TX (US);
Glenn Charles Komplin, Katy, TX (US);
Duraisamy Muthusamy, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/00 (2006.01); C07C 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an integrated process for producing aromatic hydrocarbons and/or C4+ non-aromatic hydrocarbons from low molecular weight alkanes, which includes contacting the low molecular weight alkanes with a halogen and coupling the monohaloalkanes to form aromatic hydrocarbons and/or C4+ non-aromatic hydrocarbons.