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Process for the isomerization of olefins

US4587375A · kind A · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Labofina, S.A. · BE

Inventors

Guy Debras · Les Bons Villers, BE
Georges E. M. J. De Clippeleir · Brugge, BE
Raymond M. Cahen · Brussels, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 3, 1985
Grant date	May 6, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 3, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07C5/277
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the isomerization of n-butenes, comprising contacting, at elevated temperatures, a feed containing n-butenes with a catalyst comprising a crystalline silica polymorph of the silicalite type in the presence of stream to recover a steam containing isobutene. The reaction can be carried out in either liquid or vapor phase.

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