Patent ID: 9637424
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: C07C,C10G,C10L

Claim:
1. A process for the conversion of iso-paraffins to gasoline-range molecules, comprising: (a) oxidizing a first feed stream comprising one or more iso-paraffins to form alkyl hydroperoxides and alcohol; (b) catalytically converting the alkyl hydroperoxides and alcohols to dialkyl peroxides; (c) providing a second feed stream comprising iso-paraffins to couple iso-paraffins with other iso-paraffins using the dialkyl peroxides as a radical initiator to create gasoline-range molecules including 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutane; (d) fractionating the gasoline-range molecules to isolate a desired gasoline fraction having a road octane number [RON+MON)/2)] greater than about 110.