Patent ID: 8865951

Claim:
A process for producing a mixed alcohols from a mixed olefins using a dual phase catalyst system comprising the steps of: introducing the mixed olefins to the dual phase catalyst system such that the mixed olefins contact the dual phase catalyst system; maintaining the dual phase catalyst system such that the mixed olefins convert into the mixed alcohols; and removing the mixed alcohols from the dual phase catalyst system; where the dual phase catalyst system comprises a water soluble acid catalyst that is soluble in water and a solid acid catalyst that is insoluble in water, where the dual phase catalyst system hydrates the mixed olefins without requiring separation of the mixed olefins prior to contacting with the dual phase catalyst system, and where the dual phase catalyst system converts the mixed olefins into the mixed alcohols at a conversion rate that is greater than either the conversion rate of the water soluble acid catalyst and the conversion rate of the solid acid catalyst.