Patent ID: 6653514
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
A process of making a branched primary alcohol composition, comprising:providing an olefin feed comprising a content of phosphorus-containing impurities; providing one or more sorbents selected from the group consisting of an acidic zeolite, an acidic alumina, a neutral alumina, and an activated carbon, said one or more sorbents being adapted to sorb a sufficient amount of phosphorous containing impurities to produce a purified olefin feed, said sorbent comprising particles having a diameter of from about 0.8 mm ({fraction (1/32)} inch) to about 1.6 mm ({fraction (1/16)} inch); and contacting said olefin feed with said one or more sorbents under conditions and for a time effective to produce said purified olefin feed; contacting said purified olefin feed with a skeletal isomerization catalyst under conditions effective to yield skeletally isomerized olefins; and converting said skeletally isomerized olefins into said primary alcohol composition.