Patent ID: 8278493

Claim:
A method of making a product hydrocarbon having a carbon number C n , where n≧2, comprising: reacting a halogenating agent with a reactant hydrocarbon having a carbon number C m , where m<n, to form a halogenated hydrocarbon; contacting the halogenated hydrocarbon with a metal-oxygen cataloreactant to form hydrogen halide and a plurality of product hydrocarbons, wherein at least a portion of the product hydrocarbons have a carbon number C n , where n≧2, and wherein at least 50% of the product hydrocarbons are C 6 or higher hydrocarbons or at least 70% of the product hydrocarbons are C 5 or higher hydrocarbons; trapping halogen from the hydrogen halide with the metal-oxygen cataloreactant; recovering the product hydrocarbons; and regenerating the metal-oxygen cataloreactant to recover the halogen.