Abstract:
The invention relates to processes for converting hydrocarbons to phthalic acids such as terephthalic acid by conversion of a first mixture comprising hydrocarbons into a second mixture containing acetylene by pyrolysis, conversion of second mixture's acetylene to a third mixture comprising cyclooctatetraene and by conversion of third mixture's cyclooctatetraene to water and phthalic acids.
Abstract:
A process for producing ethylene and benzene comprising introducing fuel and oxidant to combustion zone to produce combustion product; introducing first reactant mixture comprising hydrocarbons and combustion product to first reaction zone, wherein combustion product heats hydrocarbons to temperature effective for pyrolysis; allowing first reactant mixture to react via pyrolysis and produce pyrolysis product comprising unconverted hydrocarbons, C2H2, C2H4, CO, H2, H2O, and CO2; cooling pyrolysis product in quench zone to form cooled pyrolysis product; introducing cooled pyrolysis product to second reaction zone; allowing a first portion of acetylene in cooled pyrolysis product to undergo hydrogenation to ethylene and a second portion of acetylene in cooled pyrolysis product to undergo trimerization to benzene, to produce second zone effluent comprising unconverted hydrocarbons, unconverted C2H2, C2H4, C6H6, CO, H2, H2O, and CO2; and separating second zone effluent into ethylene, benzene, CO2, and syngas.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for converting hydrocarbons into products containing aldehydes and/or alcohols. The invention also relates to producing olefins from the aldehyde and alcohol, to polymerizing the olefins, and to equipment useful for these processes.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for simultaneous production of benzene and ethylene by conversion of acetylene, comprising the steps: supplying a feed composition comprising about 5 to about 30 vol-% acetylene, about 5 to about 30 vol-% methane, about 5 to about 30 vol-% carbon dioxide and about 10 to about 70 vol-% hydrogen into a non-metallic reactor; and thermally reacting the feed composition in the reactor at a temperature in the range of about 600 to about 1000°C
Abstract:
A method of cyclization of α,φ-diynes with a transition metal catalyst such as niobium or tantalum salts such as halogen to yield products such as dimers, trimers and higher polymers which may have benzocyclobutene groups, or none of these, depending on the size of n in the α,φ-diynes of the formula HC=C(CH2)nC=C-H.
Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. The hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream may be treated to convert acetylene to a process stream having aromatic compounds. The acetylene stream can be reacted to generate larger hydrocarbon compounds, which are passed to a cyclization and aromatization reactor to generate aromatics. The method according to certain aspects includes controlling the level of carbon oxides in the hydrocarbon stream.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for production of a substituted benzene, which comprises intramolecularly and/or intermolecularly trimerizing a triple bond in an alkyne in the presence of a transition metal catalyst to yield a substituted benzene compound. In the process, the transition metal catalyst is prepared from an iminomethylpyridine represented by the formula (1) or (2), a transition metal salt or a hydrate thereof, and a reducing agent in a reaction system and is used to perform the trimerization. The process can be used in any one of the intramolecular cyclization of a triyne compound, the cyclization of a diyne compound or an alkyne compound and the intermolecular cyclization of three molecules of an alkyne compound, is excellent in economic effectiveness and operability, and is practically advantageous. (1) (2) wherein R 1 and R 3 independently represent a linear or cyclic C 1 -C 20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group or the like; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; X represents a hydrogen atom, O or the like; and Y represents O, S or the like.
Abstract:
The synthesis of asymmetric tetrasubstituted cyclooctatetraenes ("COTs") and the use of said compounds in organic light emitting diodes is reported, wherein said COTs represent a class of wide gap electron transporters that are readily deposited in vacuum.