Producing C5 olefins from steam cracker C5 feeds may include reacting a mixed hydrocarbon stream comprising cyclopentadiene, C5 olefins, and C6+ hydrocarbons in a dimerization reactor where cyclopentadiene is dimerized to dicyclopentadiene. The dimerization reactor effluent may be separated into a fraction comprising the C6+ hydrocarbons and dicyclopentadiene and a second fraction comprising C5 olefins and C5 dienes. The second fraction, a saturated hydrocarbon diluent stream, and hydrogen may be fed to a catalytic distillation reactor system for concurrently separating linear C5 olefins from saturated hydrocarbon diluent, cyclic C5 olefins, and C5 dienes contained in the second fraction and selectively hydrogenating C5 dienes. An overhead distillate including the linear C5 olefins and a bottoms product including cyclic C5 olefins are recovered from the catalytic distillation reactor system. Other aspects of the C5 olefin systems and processes, including catalyst configurations and control schemes, are also described.

A process for preparing an olefin stream for oligomerization comprises fractionating an olefin stream to provide a light gas stream and a olefin rich stream. The olefin rich stream is selectively hydrogenated to convert diolefins to mono-olefins and provide a mono-olefin stream and oligomerizing the mono-olefin stream over an oligomerization catalyst to provide an oligomerized stream.

A process for preparing an olefin stream for oligomerization comprises fractionating an olefin stream to provide a light gas stream and a olefin rich stream. The olefin rich stream is selectively hydrogenated to convert diolefins to mono-olefins and provide a mono-olefin stream and oligomerizing the mono-olefin stream over an oligomerization catalyst to provide an oligomerized stream.

A process for preparing an olefin stream for oligomerization comprises fractionating an olefin stream to provide an ethylene stream and a olefin rich stream. Acetylenes in the ethylene stream are converted to ethylene in the presence of hydrogen to provide a concentrated ethylene stream that can be oligomerized.

A process for preparing an olefin stream for oligomerization comprises fractionating an olefin stream to provide an ethylene stream and a olefin rich stream. Acetylenes in the ethylene stream are converted to ethylene in the presence of hydrogen to provide a concentrated ethylene stream that can be oligomerized.

A method of catalytic hydrogenation and reduction in which a reactive substrate and a hydrogen source are brought into contact in the presence of a platinum-group metal-supported catalyst to run the reactive substrate through catalytic hydrogenation and reduction; the ion exchanger is made of a continuous skeleton phase and a continuous hole phase; the thickness of the continuous skeleton is in the range of 1-100 ?m; the average diameter of the continuous holes is in the range of 1-1000 ?m; the total pore volume is in the range of 0.5-50 mL/g; the ion exchange capacity per unit weight in a dry state is in the range of 1-9 mg eq/g; and the ion exchanger is a non-particulate, weakly basic, organic porous ion exchanger where an ion exchange group is distributed in the ion exchanger.

A method of catalytic hydrogenation and reduction in which a reactive substrate and a hydrogen source are brought into contact in the presence of a platinum-group metal-supported catalyst to run the reactive substrate through catalytic hydrogenation and reduction; the ion exchanger is made of a continuous skeleton phase and a continuous hole phase; the thickness of the continuous skeleton is in the range of 1-100 ?m; the average diameter of the continuous holes is in the range of 1-1000 ?m; the total pore volume is in the range of 0.5-50 mL/g; the ion exchange capacity per unit weight in a dry state is in the range of 1-9 mg eq/g; and the ion exchanger is a non-particulate, weakly basic, organic porous ion exchanger where an ion exchange group is distributed in the ion exchanger.

Processes and apparatuses for producing a C.sub.8 aromatic isomer product are provided. The processes comprise introducing a raffinate product stream comprising C.sub.8 aromatic isomers to an isomerization unit to provide an isomerized stream. The isomerized stream is separated to provide a first stream comprising C.sub.8 naphthenes and C.sub.7 aromatic hydrocarbons and a second stream comprising C.sub.8 aromatic isomers. The first stream is passed to an extractive distillation column to provide a recycle feedstream comprising the C.sub.8 naphthenes and an extract stream comprising the C.sub.7 aromatic hydrocarbons. The recycle feedstream is passed to the isomerization unit.

Processes and apparatuses for producing a C.sub.8 aromatic isomer product are provided. The processes comprise introducing a raffinate product stream comprising C.sub.8 aromatic isomers to an isomerization unit to provide an isomerized stream. The isomerized stream is separated to provide a first stream comprising C.sub.8 naphthenes and C.sub.7 aromatic hydrocarbons and a second stream comprising C.sub.8 aromatic isomers. The first stream is passed to an extractive distillation column to provide a recycle feedstream comprising the C.sub.8 naphthenes and an extract stream comprising the C.sub.7 aromatic hydrocarbons. The recycle feedstream is passed to the isomerization unit.

The present application discloses novel amino-sulfide metal catalysts for organic chemical syntheses including hydrogenation (reduction) of unsaturated compounds or dehydrogenation of substrates. The range of hydrogenation substrate compounds includes esters, lactones, oils and fats, resulting in alcohols, diols, and triols as reaction products. The catalysts of current application can be used to catalyze a hydrogenation reaction under solvent free conditions. The present catalysts also allow the hydrogenation to proceed without added base, and it can be used in place of the conventional reduction methods employing hydrides of the main-group elements. Furthermore, the catalysts of the present application can catalyze a dehydrogenation reaction under homogenous and/or acceptorless conditions. As such, the catalysts provided herein can be useful in substantially reducing cost and improving the environmental profile of manufacturing processes for a variety of chemicals.