PROCESS FOR THE HYDRATION OF MIXED BUTENES TO PRODUCE MIXED ALCOHOLS

摘要

Mixed butenes from a cracking process, or raffinates of MTBE or tert-butyl alcohol (TBA), are simultaneously hydrated using water in the presence of a catalyst to produce sec-butyl alcohol (SBA) and ter-butyl alcohol as the principal products, the mixed butanols having utility as fuel additives, e.g., as oxygenates and octane enhancers to replace MTBE, and as a neat fuel.