Process for making lube base stocks from renewable feeds

摘要

Provided are processes for making hydrocarbons from renewable feed sources. In an embodiment, there is provided a method for producing a lube basestock including: contacting a compound of Formula (I) and a feedstock of biological origin with a catalyst component including a basic material:;
wherein R1 is selected from acyclic hydrocarbyl, cyclic hydrocarbyl, and aryl, wherein R1 has one or more optional substitutions selected from the group consisting of —Ra, —ORa, —C(O)Ra, and —C(O)ORa, wherein Ra is H or C1-C6 alkyl group; and n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; and hydrogenating a ketone to a hydrocarbon with a catalyst including a hydrogenation catalyst and a hydrothermally stable binder.

主权项

1. A method for producing a lube basestock, the method comprising:
contacting a compound of Formula (I) and a feedstock of biological origin to form a ketone in the presence of a first catalyst comprising a basic material: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of cyclic hydrocarbyl and aryl, wherein R1 has one or more optional substitutions selected from the group consisting of —Ra—ORa, —C(O)Ra, and —C(O)ORa, wherein Ra is H or C1-C6 alkyl group, and n is 3, 4 or 5; and hydrogenating the ketone to a hydrocarbon in the presence of water and a second catalyst comprising a hydrogenation catalyst and a hydrothermally stable binder, wherein the hydrocarbon is a lube basestock.