Patent ID: 8367884
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: B01J,C07C

Abstract:
1. A process comprising: providing a first feed gas stream containing lower molecular weight alkanes and having less than about 4.0 mol % C reacting bromine with the first feed gas stream to form first alkyl bromides containing poly-brominated alkanes; providing a second feed gas stream containing lower molecular weight alkanes and having predominately C reacting bromine with the second feed gas stream to form second alkyl bromides; and reacting the first alkyl bromides and the second alkyl bromides in the presence of a first catalyst and at a first temperature sufficient to form at least a first hydrocarbon product containing high molecular weight hydrocarbons, wherein a portion of said poly-brominated alkanes are converted in the presence of the first catalyst and the second alkyl bromides to form at least a portion of the first product.