Patent ID: 7795483
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
1. A modified alkylbenzene composition produced by a process, the process comprising the steps of: a) passing a feed stream comprising a lightly branched C b) passing at least a portion of the adsorption extract to a dehydrogenation zone, operating the dehydrogenation zone at dehydrogenation conditions sufficient to dehydrogenate the acyclic paraffin, and recovering from the dehydrogenation zone a dehydrogenated product stream comprising a lightly branched C c) passing a feedstock comprising a phenyl compound and passing at least a portion of the dehydrogenated product stream comprising the acyclic lightly branched monoolefin to an alkylation zone, operating the alkylation zone at alkylation conditions sufficient to alkylate the phenyl compound with the lightly branched acyclic monoolefin in the presence of a solid, molecular sieve alkylation catalyst to form phenyl-alkanes comprising molecules having one phenyl portion and one C d) recovering the phenyl-alkanes from the alkylation zone.