Abstract: A continuous alkylation process for the production of high octane gasoline comprising contacting a mixture of an isoparaffin and an olefin with a catalyst complex comprising BF3:H.sub.3 PO.sub.4 in a continuous hydrocarbon downflow reactor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 21, 1992
Date of Patent:
September 6, 1994
Assignee:
Mobile Oil Corp.
Inventors:
Jonathan E. Child, Kenneth J. Del Rossi, Albin Huss, Jr., Frederick J. Krambeck, Thomas R. Melli, Sergei Yurchak
Abstract: Aliphatic C.sub.2 to C.sub.12 hydrocarbon(s) are converted to olefin(s) and/or aromatic(s) in the presence of an essentially non-acidic Group VIII metal species-containing zeolite MCM-22 catalyst.