Patent ID: 8227647
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
1. A method comprising reacting an alkane gas with a halogen gas in a halogenation reactor to form a halogenation reaction product mixture comprising alkane halide and hydrogen halide mixture; contacting the halogenation reaction product mixture with a metal organic salt thereby forming an extractor product mixture of a metal halide, organic ester, and organic acid; separating the organic ester and organic acid mixture from the metal halide; oxygenating the metal halide to form a metal oxide and halide containing gasses; separating the metal oxide from the halide containing gasses; mixing the metal oxide with water to form a metal oxide slurry; mixing the metal oxide slurry with a countercurrent flow of the organic ester and organic acid mixture to form a raw product comprising alkanol, a metal organic salt.