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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Daniel F. White, Houston, TX (US);
Roberto Alvarez, Houston, TX (US);
Beaven S. Mandimutsira, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 45/50 (2006.01); C07C 29/00 (2006.01); C07C 29/141 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/141 (2013.01); C07C 45/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Butanediol production processes are described herein. In some embodiments, the processes include contacting an allyl alcohol stream with a hydroformylation catalyst in the presence of a gas stream including carbon monoxide and hydrogen under hydroformylation conditions sufficient to form a hydroformylation product stream including a butanediol intermediate, wherein the allyl alcohol stream includes less than 98 wt. % allyl alcohol.