Patent ID: 9163199
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: C07C,C10G,C11D

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing the amount of modern carbon in detergents comprising: deoxygenating a natural oil selected from the group consisting of palm kernel oil, coconut oil, babassu oil, and mixtures thereof to form a stream comprising paraffins wherein the paraffins have at least 7 mass % modern carbon, and wherein the deoxygenating utilizes a catalyst comprising a first component selected from the group consisting of Ni—Mo, Ni—Mo—P, Ni—Co—Mo, and Co—Mo and a second component selected from the group consisting of aluminas, silica, titania, zirconia, and mixtures thereof; dehydrogenating at least a portion of the paraffins having at least 7 mass % modern carbon to provide mono-olefins; alkylating benzene with the mono-olefins under alkylation conditions to provide an alkylation effluent comprising alkylbenzenes and benzene; separating the alkylbenzenes to provide the alkylbenzene product comprising alkylbenzenes having an alkyl group of n carbon atoms where n is about 12 to about 13 and wherein the alkyl group is a linear alkyl group for at least 80 mass % of the alkylbenzenes having an alkyl group of about n carbon atoms; sulfonating the alkylbenzene product to form linear alkylbenzene sulfonate; and adding the linear alkylbenzene sulfonate to a detergent formulation.