Patent ID: 11964927
Assignee: EXXONMOBIL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A process for producing an alkylaromatic compound, the process comprising:
(a) providing a first feed comprising an alkylatable aromatic compound and a second feed comprising an alkylating agent, wherein at least the first feed contains an impurity compound comprising at least one of the following elements: nitrogen, halogens, oxygen, sulfur, arsenic, selenium, tellurium, phosphorus, and Group 1 through Group 12 metals;
(b) passing the first feed through an adsorbent comprising a metal-organic framework material under conditions effective to reduce an amount of impurity compound in the first feed and produce a purified first feed; and
(c) contacting the purified first feed and at least part of the second feed with an alkylation catalyst composition under alkylation conditions effective to convert at least part of the alkylatable aromatic compound in the purified first feed to the alkylaromatic compound and produce an alkylation effluent.