Patent ID: 8865956

Claim:
A method for production of an alkylbenzene product from a natural oil comprising: deoxygenating the natural oil to form paraffins; hydrocracking a first portion of the paraffins to form a first stream of normal or lightly branched paraffins in the C 9 to C 14 range and a second stream of isoparaffins; dehydrogenating the first stream to provide mono-olefins, di-olefins, and aromatics; selectively hydrogenating the di-olefins to form additional mono-olefins and separating and removing the aromatics from the mono-olefins before alkylating; alkylating benzene with the mono-olefins under alkylation conditions to provide an alkylation effluent comprising alkylbenzenes and benzene; isolating the alkylbenzenes to provide the alkylbenzene product.