Patent ID: 11919876
Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
Field: Organic fine chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A process for producing olefin epoxides, comprising:
oxidizing a branched alkane to produce at least an organic hydroperoxide;
epoxidizing a branched alkene by a catalytic reaction with least a portion of the organic hydroperoxide to produce at least an olefin epoxide and an alcohol; and
converting at least a portion of the alcohol to additional branched alkane and additional branched alkene,
wherein the step of converting comprises dehydrating at least a portion of the alcohol to produce at least water and the additional branched alkene, and wherein the branched alkene from the step of epoxidizing comprises a quantity of the additional branched alkene that is produced in the step of converting, and
wherein the step of converting comprises dehydrating and hydrogenating at least a portion of the alcohol in the presence of hydrogen and a bifunctional catalyst to produce at least water and the additional branched alkane, wherein the branched alkane from the step of oxidizing comprises a quantity of the additional branched alkane produced in the converting, and wherein the bifunctional catalyst comprises a hydrogenation function and a dehydration function.