Removal of acetaldehyde from hydrocarbons

US5336836A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Ulrich Mueller · Hamburg, DE
• Ralf Weiss · Banteln, DE
• Klaus Diehl · Haßloch, DE
• Gerhard Sandrock · Bischofswerda, DE
• Lothar Sauvage · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 1993
• Grant date: Aug 9, 1994
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C7/13
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Acetaldehyde is removed from C.sub.3 -C.sub.15 hydrocarbons by contacting the hydrocarbon or a hydrocarbon mixture in liquid phase with a zeolite whose pores have a width which is greater than 0.3 nm and up to 0.75 nm.