Patent ID: 7102038

Claim:
A process for making a selectively branched alcohol composition, comprising: providing a lower olefin feed comprising linear olefins having at least 3 carbon atoms and a concentration of phosphorous-containing compounds; contacting said lower olefin feed with a sorbent comprising a metal selected from the group consisting of Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Nb, Mn, Ag and combinations thereof on a support in an amount and under sorbing conditions effective to substantially reduce said concentration of said phosphorous-containing compounds in said lower olefin feed, producing a purified lower olefin feed; contacting said purified lower olefin feed with a skeletal isomerization catalyst under isomerization conditions effective to produce selectively branched olefins having up to about 36 carbon atoms, said selectively branched olefins comprising a quantity of dienes; reducing said quantity of dienes, thereby producing purified selectively branched olefins; and, converting said purified selectively branched olefins to said selectively branched alcohol composition.