Patent ID: 9593059
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: C07C,C10G,C10L

Claim:
1. A process for the production of mixed alcohols from a liquid feedstream of mixed butenes, said mixed butenes consisting of 1-butene, 2-cis butene, 2-transbutene and isobutene, wherein a majority of the butene in said feedstream of mixed butenes is 2-trans-butene, comprising: a. providing a fixed bed reactor containing an acid hydration catalyst and a phase transfer agent; b. introducing the liquid mixed butene feedstream and water into the fixed bed reactor and into contact with the hydration catalyst under conditions favorable to hydration of the mixed butenes, to form mixed butanols, said mixed butanols comprising a majority of 2-butanol and t-butanol; c. recovering unreacted mixed butenes enriched with mixed butanols from the fixed bed reactor; d. separating the mixed butanols from the mixed butenes to forma mixed butanol product stream and a lean mixed butene stream; e. recovering the mixed butanol product stream; and f. returning the lean mixed butene stream to the fixed bed reactor.