IP Library Granted Patent US 12709588
Granted Patent B2
US 12709588 · App. 18/692,123 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Internal olefin production method

Inventors: Takahiro Kishima (Wakayama, JP); Shingo Takada (Wakayama, JP); Hidehito Ikebata (Wakayama, JP)
Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
C07C5/2518C07C5/2512C07C2521/04C07C2529/06
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Patent No.
US 12709588
App. No.
18/692,123
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of producing an internal olefin, including the step 1 and the step 2 below in this order. Step 1: a step of isomerizing a raw material olefin having 8 or more and 36 or less carbon atoms to provide an internal olefin containing a 1-olefin Step 2: a step of isomerizing the 1-olefin contained in the internal olefin provided in the step 1 at a temperature that is lower than the reaction temperature in the step 1.

Claims (19)

1 . A method of producing an internal olefin, comprising a step 1 and a step 2 in this order:

step 1: a step of isomerizing a raw material olefin having 8 or more and 36 or less carbon atoms to provide a mixture containing an internal olefin and a 1-olefin; and

step 2: a step of isomerizing the 1-olefin contained in the mixture provided in the step 1 at a temperature that is lower than a reaction temperature in the step 1;

wherein an average double bond position of the internal olefin after completing an isomerization reaction in the step 1 is more inner than an average double bond position of the raw material olefin.

2 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction temperature in the step 1 is 100° C. or more and 300° C. or less.

3 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction temperature in the step 2 is a temperature that is lower than the reaction temperature in the step 1 by 30° C. or more.

4 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein the raw material olefin contains a 1-olefin.

5 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein the 1-olefin is a linear 1-olefin.

6 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein the step 1 and the step 2 each are performed in the presence of a catalyst.

7 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 6 , wherein the catalyst is a solid catalyst.

8 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 6 , wherein the catalyst is a solid acid catalyst.

9 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein an absolute value of a difference between an average double bond position of the internal olefin obtained in the step 1 and an average double bond position of the internal olefin obtained in the step 2 is 0.1 or less.

10 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein an average double bond position of the internal olefin after completing the reaction in the step 1 is 1.5 or more.

11 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the 1-olefin in the mixture obtained in the step 1 is 20 parts by mol or less per 100 parts by mol in total of the 1-olefin and the internal olefin.

12 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein a reaction mode of the isomerization of the step 2 is a batch mode, and a reaction time in the step 2 is 0.05 hr or more and 60 hr or less.

13 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein a reaction mode of the isomerization of the step 2 is a continuous mode, and an LHSV (liquid hourly space velocity) in the reaction of the step 2 is 0.05 hr −1 or more and 5.0 hr −1 or less.

14 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein a decrement value from a content (% by mol) of the 1-olefin in the mixture obtained in the step 1 to a content (% by mol) of the 1-olefin obtained in the step 2 is 0.1% by mol or more.

15 . A method of producing an internal olefin sulfonate salt, comprising sulfonating an internal olefin produced by the method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 .

16 . The method of producing an internal olefin according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the 1-olefin in the mixture obtained in the step 1 is 1.0 parts by mol or more per 100 parts by mol in total of the 1-olefin and the internal olefin.