Patent ID: 6103947
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
A process for the preparation of alkylate comprising reacting in the liquid phase in the presence of a solid acid catalyst under reaction conditions a mixture of an alkene containing from 2 up to about 6 carbon atoms, the mixture being substantially free of polymeric alkenes, and an alkyl halide containing from 3 up to about 5 carbon atoms with an alkane having from 4 up to about 6 carbon atoms to form as the product an alkylate containing alkanes having a greater number of carbon atoms than either reactant, where the mixture has a molar ratio of alkyl halide to alkene from about 1:5 up to about 9:1, where the solid acid catalyst comprises a refractory inorganic oxide and the reaction product of a first metal halide and bound surface hydroxyl groups of the refractory inorganic oxide.