摘要 |
A process for the recovery as a feedstock of an alpha-olefin from a mixture containing mainly hydrocarbon compounds is described. The hydrocarbon compounds, such as is obtained by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis after a crude separation of compounds boiling higher and/or lower than the alpha-olefin, wherein tertiary olefins of the mixture after superstoichiometrical addition of a low alcohol, are subjected to catalytic etherification and a stream derived by etherification fed jointly with the alpha-olefin. The ethers produced and other high boiling reaction products are then subjected to a distillative separation of the compounds boiling higher than the olefin. |