Oxygen alkylation of phenol-containing hydrocarbonaceous streams

摘要

A method for separating phenols from phenol-containing streams and converting them to ethers by: (a) contacting the phenol-containing stream with a multivalent metal composition capable of forming hydroxy metal phenates with the phenols from the stream; (b) separating the hydroxy metal phenate from the stream; and (c) reacting the hydroxy metal phenate with one or more quaternary Group VA compounds represented by the formula R3R'MOR'' or R3R'MX.