Patent ID: 9156755
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
1. A method of producing mono-alcohols from glycols comprising: a) providing a biomass derived glycol feed, wherein said glycol feed comprises one or more glycols selected from the group consisting of methanediol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butanediol, pentanediol, hexanediol, cyclohexanediol, septanediol, octanediol, decanediol, benzenediol, etohexadiol, methyl-propanediol, methyl-pentanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,4-pentanediol, 1,5-hexanediol, 1-methoxy-2-propanol, 1,2-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 2,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 2-methyl-1,2-propanediol, dimethylolpropane, amylene glycol, 1,2-pentanediol, 1,3-pentanediol, 1,4-pentanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 2,3-pentanediol, 2,4-pentanediol, 2,5-hexanediol, hexylene glycol, tetramethylene glycol, 1,7-heptanediol, 1,8-octanediol, 1,10-decanediol, 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol, bis(hydroxymethyl)benzene, phenyl-ethanediol and styrene glycol; b) partially hydrogenating the glycol feed with a hydrogenation catalyst to produce a mono-alcohol, wherein said hydrogenation reaction occurs at a temperature and pressure that selectively deoxygenates one of the two hydroxyls, wherein said hydrogenation catalyst comprises molybdenum (Mo) and at least one metal selected from nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co); c) isolating one or more of said mono-alcohol; d) recycling unreacted glycol to (a), and e) blending said mono-alcohol in a fuel.