Abstract: Diamondoid compounds are concentrated in a solvent mixture containing at least 20% by weight of normal and slightly branched C.sub.5 -C.sub.30 paraffins by selectively converting the paraffins to lower boiling aliphatic hydrocarbons and separating the lower boiling aliphatics from the solvent mixture to yield a concentrated solvent mixture enriched in diamondoid compounds. Useful shape selective catalysts include zeolites having Constraint Indices from about 1 to about 12, such as ZSM-5 and MCM-22.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 18, 1990
Date of Patent:
May 28, 1991
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corp.
Inventors:
Randall D. Partridge, D. Duayne Whitehurst
Abstract: A method of separating 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene from a mixture containing 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene and structural isomers thereof including the 2,7-isomer is disclosed, wherein the mixture is first subjected to a selective adsorption and desorption treatment using a zeolite absorbent capable of adsorbing the 2,7-isomer to obtain a first extract containing the sorbed 2,7-isomer and a first raffinate containing non-sorbed isomers including the 2,6-isomer, the 2,6-isomer being thereafter separated from the first raffinate.
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