Patent ID: 7064238
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: C07B,C07C

Abstract:
1. A process for converting an alkane to an oxygenated product comprising: passing an alkane in a gas state over a first fixed bed containing a first bromide salt in a solid state to produce an alkyl bromide in a gas state, a hydrobromic acid in a gas state and a second bromide salt in a solid state, wherein said second bromide salt is retained in said first fixed bed and further wherein said first and second bromide salts include a transition metal having a higher valence state and a lower valence state and said transition metal is at said higher valence state in said first bromide salt and at said lower valence state in said second bromide salt; passing said hydrobromic acid over a second fixed bed containing a metal oxide in a solid state to produce water in a gas state and said first bromide salt in a solid state, wherein said first bromide salt is retained in said second fixed bed; passing said alkyl bromide over said second fixed bed in the presence of said water to produce an oxygenated product in a gas state and said first bromide salt in a solid state, wherein said first bromide salt is retained in said second fixed bed; regenerating said metal oxide in said second fixed bed by passing oxygen over said second fixed bed, thereby reacting said oxygen with said first bromide salt in said second fixed bed to produce said metal oxide in a solid state and bromine in a gas state, wherein said metal oxide is retained in said second fixed bed; and regenerating said first bromide salt in said first fixed bed by passing said bromine over said first fixed bed, thereby reacting said bromine with said second bromide salt in said first fixed bed to produce said first bromide salt, wherein said first bromide salt is retained in said first fixed bed.