Patent ID: 8846989
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
1. A method for the production of alcohols comprising: reacting an alkane with a halogen gas to form a halogenation reaction product mixture comprising an alkane halide and a hydrogen halide, wherein the halogenation reaction product mixture is a liquid; contacting the halogenation reaction product mixture with a metal organic salt solution, thereby forming an extractor product mixture that comprises a metal halide, an organic salt, an organic ester, and an organic acid; separating the organic ester and the organic acid from the metal halide; oxygenating the metal halide to form a metal oxide and a halide containing gas; separating the metal oxide from the halide containing gas; mixing the metal oxide with water to form a metal oxide slurry; mixing the metal oxide slurry with a countercurrent flow that comprises the organic ester and the organic acid, thereby forming a product comprising the alcohol and a metal organic salt.