A propylene production method includes: a reaction step of supplying a fresh raw material and a recycled raw material to a reactor to obtain a crude product; a gas-liquid separation step of separating the crude product into a gas phase and a liquid phase; a propylene recovery step of recovering propylene from the gas phase; and a recycling step of recovering the recycled raw material from the liquid phase.

The present invention relates a method of preparing methane using -valerolactone. A solution of -valerolactone is mixed with a triruthenium dodecacarbonyl catalyst, for a reaction at 150 C.-250 C. for 1 to 12 hours, and then subjected to cooling; wherein a mass ratio of -valerolactone to the triruthenium dodecacarbonyl catalyst is between 1:2 and 1:50; and the solution of -valerolactone has a mass concentration of 50 g/L-300 g/L. In the present invention, -valerolactone is converted into methane rapidly by a one-step catalysis deoxygenation using a triruthenium dodecacarbonyl catalyst. The preparation method provided by the present invention can realize a complete conversion of -valerolactone, and the methane gas has a yield up to 45 wt %. Besides, such method has characteristics of short reaction time, high yield of methane, easy collection, simple process and convenient operation, and it has industrialized application prospect.

The present invention discloses processes for producing normal alpha olefins, such as 1-hexene, 1-octene, and 1-decene, in a multistep synthesis scheme. Generally, a first normal alpha olefin is subjected to an olefin metathesis step to form a linear internal olefin, which is then subjected to an isomerization-hydroformylation step to form a linear aldehyde, which is then subjected to a dehydroformylation step to form a second normal alpha olefin.

The present invention discloses processes for producing normal alpha olefins, such as 1-hexene, 1-octene, and 1-decene, in a multistep synthesis scheme. Generally, a first normal alpha olefin is subjected to an olefin metathesis step to form a linear internal olefin, which is then subjected to an isomerization-hydroformylation step to form a linear aldehyde, which is then subjected to a dehydroformylation step to form a second normal alpha olefin.

The present invention discloses processes for producing normal alpha olefins, such as 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, and 1-dodecene in a multistep synthesis scheme from another normal alpha olefin. Also disclosed are reactions for converting aldehydes, primary alcohols, and terminal vicinal diols into normal alpha olefins.

The present invention discloses processes for producing normal alpha olefins, such as 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, and 1-dodecene in a multistep synthesis scheme from another normal alpha olefin. Also disclosed are reactions for converting aldehydes, primary alcohols, and terminal vicinal diols into normal alpha olefins.

Catalyst compositions for the conversion of aldehyde compounds and primary alcohol compounds to olefins are disclosed herein. Reactions include oxidative dehydroxymethylation processes and oxidative dehydroformylation methods, which are beneficially conducted in the presence of a sacrificial acceptor of H.sub.2 gas, such as N,N-dimethylacrylamide.

The invention relates to a process for the production of 1,3-butadiene from ethanol and acetaldehyde with catalyst regeneration comprising a) reacting a feed comprising ethanol and acetaldehyde in a reactor having at least one adiabatic reaction zone comprising a supported catalyst, and b) regenerating the supported catalyst. Regeneration stage b) comprises stripping step i. at a temperature of 300 to 400? C., ii. first and second combustion steps ii. and iii. at a temperature of 350 to 400? ? C. and 400 to 550? C. respectively, and stripping step iv. at a temperature of 550? C. to 300? ? C. The gas flows to each of regeneration steps b)i. to b)iv. are first heated and then contact the supported catalyst.

A method for producing butadiene, the method including: a first synthesis step of bringing a mixed gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide into contact with a first catalyst to obtain a primary product containing ethanol as an intermediate; and a second synthesis step of bringing the primary product into contact with a second catalyst to obtain butadiene.

A method for producing butadiene, the method including: a first synthesis step of bringing a mixed gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide into contact with a first catalyst to obtain a primary product containing ethanol as an intermediate; and a second synthesis step of bringing the primary product into contact with a second catalyst to obtain butadiene.