The invention relates to the field of petrochemistry, and specifically to a method for synthesizing high-octane oxygen containing components of motor fuel. The objects of the invention consist in variants of a method for synthesizing high-octane oxygen-containing components of motor fuel from olefin-containing gas mixtures via oxidative non-catalytic conversions using nitrous oxide, and the subsequent condensation and hydrogenation of the produced oxygenates using heterogeneous catalysts. The high-octane components according to the proposed method consist in a mixture of carbonyl compounds (ketones, aldehydes, hydroxy ketones, hydroxy aldehydes) C.sub.2-C.sub.9 and/or branched hydrocarbons C.sub.5-C.sub.9 and/or alcohols in different ratios. Depending on the production method variant, the octane number of a mixture of the proposed high-octane components consists in a value between 100 and 130 RON. The technical result consists in broadening the resource base for the production of high-octane gasolines and of a variety of environmentally-friendly high-octane additives.

The invention relates to the field of petrochemistry, and specifically to a method for synthesizing high-octane oxygen containing components of motor fuel. The objects of the invention consist in variants of a method for synthesizing high-octane oxygen-containing components of motor fuel from olefin-containing gas mixtures via oxidative non-catalytic conversions using nitrous oxide, and the subsequent condensation and hydrogenation of the produced oxygenates using heterogeneous catalysts. The high-octane components according to the proposed method consist in a mixture of carbonyl compounds (ketones, aldehydes, hydroxy ketones, hydroxy aldehydes) C.sub.2-C.sub.9 and/or branched hydrocarbons C.sub.5-C.sub.9 and/or alcohols in different ratios. Depending on the production method variant, the octane number of a mixture of the proposed high-octane components consists in a value between 100 and 130 RON. The technical result consists in broadening the resource base for the production of high-octane gasolines and of a variety of environmentally-friendly high-octane additives.

Disclosed is a method of efficiently separating 1,3-butadiene and methylethylketone, which are compounds of interest, from byproducts or impurities in the dehydration products of 2,3-butanediol so as to recover the compounds of interest at high purity.

Disclosed is a method of efficiently separating 1,3-butadiene and methylethylketone, which are compounds of interest, from byproducts or impurities in the dehydration products of 2,3-butanediol so as to recover the compounds of interest at high purity.

The present invention relates to a process for producing cumene and/or sec-butylbenzene comprising contacting benzene with a mixed olefins stream comprising ethylene and an alkylation agent in the presence of a selective alkylation catalyst under selective alkylation conditions.

The present invention relates to a process for producing cumene and/or sec-butylbenzene comprising contacting benzene with a mixed olefins stream comprising ethylene and an alkylation agent in the presence of a selective alkylation catalyst under selective alkylation conditions.

A transfer-hydrogenation process for preparing a carbonyl compound and an alcohol compound comprises the steps of (a) contacting a first carbonyl compound with a first alcohol compound in the presence of a transfer-hydrogenation catalyst in a first reaction zone at conditions effective to form a second carbonyl compound from the first alcohol compound and a second alcohol compound from the first carbonyl compound, and (b) removing the second carbonyl compound from the first reaction zone during step (a). The first carbonyl compound is a saturated aldehyde or ketone, or an ,-unsaturated aldehyde or ketone. The first alcohol compound is a primary or secondary alcohol. The second alcohol compound is ,-saturated. The transfer-hydrogenation catalyst includes a Group 8 to 11 metal. This process is useful for preparing and higher value alcohols, such as butanol or 2-ethylhexanol, from the corresponding carbonyl compounds by engaging lower alcohol (C.sub.2-C.sub.4) feedstocks instead of hydrogen (H.sub.2).

A transfer-hydrogenation process for preparing a carbonyl compound and an alcohol compound comprises the steps of (a) contacting a first carbonyl compound with a first alcohol compound in the presence of a transfer-hydrogenation catalyst in a first reaction zone at conditions effective to form a second carbonyl compound from the first alcohol compound and a second alcohol compound from the first carbonyl compound, and (b) removing the second carbonyl compound from the first reaction zone during step (a). The first carbonyl compound is a saturated aldehyde or ketone, or an ,-unsaturated aldehyde or ketone. The first alcohol compound is a primary or secondary alcohol. The second alcohol compound is ,-saturated. The transfer-hydrogenation catalyst includes a Group 8 to 11 metal. This process is useful for preparing and higher value alcohols, such as butanol or 2-ethylhexanol, from the corresponding carbonyl compounds by engaging lower alcohol (C.sub.2-C.sub.4) feedstocks instead of hydrogen (H.sub.2).

The invention relates to a method of producing carbonyl compounds, more particularly C.sub.2-C.sub.4 ketones and aldehydes. The method is based on the gas-phase oxidation by nitrous oxide of C.sub.2-C.sub.4 alkane-olefin mixtures, such as a butane-butylene fraction or a propane-propylene fraction, obtained by thermal and/or catalytic cracking, to produce C.sub.2-C.sub.4 ketones and aldehydes. The process is carried out under continuous flow conditions at a temperature of 300-550 C. and pressure of 1-100 atm, without prior isolation of individual olefins from the fractionation products and in the absence of a catalyst. The process provides for high productivity, high overall selectivity for ketones and aldehydes, and explosion-safe operation.

The invention relates to a method of producing carbonyl compounds, more particularly C.sub.2-C.sub.4 ketones and aldehydes. The method is based on the gas-phase oxidation by nitrous oxide of C.sub.2-C.sub.4 alkane-olefin mixtures, such as a butane-butylene fraction or a propane-propylene fraction, obtained by thermal and/or catalytic cracking, to produce C.sub.2-C.sub.4 ketones and aldehydes. The process is carried out under continuous flow conditions at a temperature of 300-550 C. and pressure of 1-100 atm, without prior isolation of individual olefins from the fractionation products and in the absence of a catalyst. The process provides for high productivity, high overall selectivity for ketones and aldehydes, and explosion-safe operation.