Process for the production of hydrocarbons from C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 monohaloalkanes

US4579996A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. · GB

Inventors

• Josephus Johannes Helena Maria Font Freide · Guildford, GB
• David J. Smith · Shoreview, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 24, 1985
• Grant date: Apr 1, 1986
• Expiry date: Jun 24, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2521/16
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 monohaloalkane is converted to hydrocarbons having a greater number of carbon atoms than the monohaloalkane reactant, in particular to aliphatic hydrocarbons in the gasoline boiling range, by contacting the monohaloalkane at elevated temperature with a clay containing either hydrogen ions and/or metal cations introduced either by exchange and/or by deposition. Preferred as catalysts are the layered clays including stabilized pillared layered clays.