Patent ID: 7745674
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: B01J,C07C,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A process for alkylation of benzene, comprising: feeding benzene, a polyalkylate, and a catalyst to a reactor comprising a first and a second reaction zone; reacting the benzene and the polyalkylate in the first reaction zone under transalkylation conditions to form a monoalkylate product; feeding a C reacting benzene and the C recovering an effluent from the reactor, wherein the effluent comprises benzene, the monoalkylate product, any unreacted C separating the catalyst from the effluent; separating the benzene from the monoalkylate product and the heavy hydrocarbons within the liquid effluent; separating the monoalkylate product from the heavy hydrocarbons within the liquid effluent; recovering the monoalkylate product.