摘要 |
1. A process for recovering 1-butene from a C4 -hydrocarbon mixture which contains 2-butenes and may or may not contain 1-butene by catalytic isomerization of the 2-butenes to 1-butene at elevated temperatures, and isolation of the 1-butene, wherein the isomerization of the 2-butenes to 1-butene is carried out in the presence of an acidic catalyst at from 200 to 450 degrees C, the isomerization mixture obtained from the isomerization zone is fed into a distillation zone, 1-butene is taken off at the top of the distillation zone, a fraction containing 2-butenes and from 1 to 15% by weight of 1-butene is taken off from the lower third of the distillation zone and fed into the isomerization zone, and the starting C4 -hydrocarbon mixture which contains 2-butenes and may or may not contain 1-butene is fed to the distillation zone and/or the isomerization zone. |