Methyl tertiary butyl ether process
US5386065A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C41/09
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) is formed by reaction of methanol with tertiary butyl ether in two catalyst beds. A feedstock mixture comprising methanol and tertiary butyl alcohol in a molar ratio of 2 to 3 moles of methanol per mole of tertiary butyl alcohol is reacted in a first etherification reaction zone at a liquid hourly space velocity of 1 to 10 volumes of feedstock mixture per volume of catalyst per hour. A first reaction product mixture is fractionated to remove MTBE as an overhead fraction. The bottoms fraction comprising unreacted methanol and tertiary butyl alcohol is passed to a second etherification reaction zone at a liquid hourly space velocity of 0.5 to 4. A second reaction product mixture is fractionated to recover additional MTBE.
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