Patent ID: 8916739
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: C10G,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of preparing normal paraffins, the method comprising: providing an unsaturated feed comprising an unsaturated compound having at least one carbonyl functional group and at least one alkenyl group; epoxidizing the unsaturated feed to convert the at least one alkenyl group in the unsaturated compound to an epoxide functional group, thereby converting the unsaturated compound to an epoxide compound having at least one carbonyl functional group and at least one epoxide functional group; converting the at least one epoxide functional group in the epoxide compound to at least one secondary hydroxyl functional group, thereby converting the epoxide compound to a hydroxyl-functional compound having at least one carbonyl functional group and at least one hydroxyl functional group; deoxygenating the hydroxyl-functional compound to form normal paraffins.