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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Applicants:
Washington State University, Pullman, WA (US);
Archer Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, IL (US);
Inventors:
Junming Sun, Pullman, WA (US);
Changjun Liu, Pullman, WA (US);
Yong Wang, Pullman, WA (US);
Colin Smith, Pullman, WA (US);
Kevin Martin, Mt. Zion, IL (US);
Padmesh Venkitasubramanian, Forsyth, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/20 (2006.01); C07C 1/207 (2006.01); C07C 2/12 (2006.01); C07C 5/327 (2006.01); C07C 5/393 (2006.01); C07C 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/2078 (2013.01); C07C 2/12 (2013.01); C07C 5/327 (2013.01); C07C 5/393 (2013.01); C07C 5/48 (2013.01); C07C 2521/06 (2013.01); C07C 2523/06 (2013.01); C07C 2529/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process is described for making renewable para-xylene, comprising converting acetic acid to isobutene in the presence of a catalyst then converting the acetic acid-derived isobutene to a product composition including para-xylene. The catalyst can be a ZnZrOmixed oxide catalyst.