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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Arie Van Vliet, Sterrebeek, BE;
Eddy T. Van Driessche, Eeklo, BE;
Arie Van Vliet, Sterrebeek, BE;
Eddy T. Van Driessche, Eeklo, BE;
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The disclosure generally relates to a process for the production of a C-Calcohol mixture including the steps of hydroformylating an olefin mixture including at least one branched C-Colefin to form a hydroformylation product including aldehydes and formates; feeding the hydroformylation product into a hydrogenation step including contacting, in at least one first hydrogenation reactor, at least one catalyst, water, hydrogen, and the hydroformylation product to convert the hydroformylation product to a C-Calcohol mixture; wherein the hydrogen is supplied from the decomposition of the formates and at least one source external to the at least one first hydrogenation reactor.