Preparation of olefins from methanol/dimethyl ether

US4434314A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Hoelderich · Bischofswerda, DE
• Wolf D. Mross · Bischofswerda, DE
• Matthias Schwarzmann · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 1982
• Grant date: Feb 28, 1984
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2529/04
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether by conversion in the presence of a zeolite catalyst, in particular a borosilicate zeolite, at elevated temperature, with the addition of a small amount of an electron donor.