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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paul Theodore Sharko, Houston, TX (US);
James Grace Crump, Houston, TX (US);
Naga Roobini Aruleswaran, Kajang Selangor D.E., MY;
Assignee:
SHELL OIL COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/19 (2006.01); C10L 10/16 (2006.01); C07C 67/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/19 (2013.01); C07C 67/08 (2013.01); C10L 10/16 (2013.01); C10L 2200/04 (2013.01); C10L 2270/026 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for preparing a branched ester, comprising reacting a branched primary alcohol composition, having from 8 to 28 carbon atoms and an average number of branches per molecule of from 0.7 to 3.0, said branching comprising methyl and ethyl branches, with an acid. In another aspect, the invention provides a process for preparing a branched ester, pour point depressants for use in fuels, and the use of a branched primary alcohol composition.