Patent ID: 9611189
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: C07C,C10G,C10L,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method for hydrogenating an immiscible olefin comprising: a) providing a feed stream to the inlet of a reactor wherein the feed stream comprises a microbial-derived immiscible olefin composition stabilized with a phenolic antioxidant which is a phenol derivative containing an unfused phenyl ring with one or more hydroxyl substituents, wherein the phenolic antioxidant is present in an amount of at least 0.005% by weight of the microbial-derived immiscible olefin composition; b) contacting the feed stream with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature of about 20° C. or greater and c) generating a product stream comprising a hydrogenated immiscible olefin composition.