Patent ID: 7202205
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
1. A process comprising: (A) a stage of at least partially separating a hydrocarbon feed comprising branched aliphatic hydrocarbons having from about 8 to about 20 carbon atoms, into (B) (C) optionally, at least partially concentrating said mono-olefins in said olefinic branched-enriched stream of stage (B) by means of sorptive separation using a known sorbent or porous media provided that said sorbent or porous media arm nonidentical with the porous media of stage (A) and are adapted for olefin/paraffin separations and, optionally, concurrently recycling paraffins to said dehydrogenation stage (B); and (D) reacting said olefinic branched-enriched stream produced in stage (B) or, optionally, as further concentrated in stage (C), with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of an OXO catalyst, thereby forming a modified primary OXO alcohol.