Production of solvents

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLVENTS OF IMPROVED ODOR WHICH COMPRISES SOLVENT EXTRACTING A NAPHTHA FRACTION BOILING IN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 100* TO ABOUT 550*F. CONTAINING AROMATIC AND SATURATED HYDROCARBONS UNDER CONDITIONS TO OBTAIN RAFFINATE AND EXTRACT PHASES CONTAINING ODORIFEROUS COMPOUNDS INCLUDING SULFUR COMPOUNDS, SEPARATELY TREATING SAID RAFFINATE AND EXTRACT PHASES UNDER HYDROFINING CONDITIONS WITH A SULFUR-INSENSITIVE CATALYST, SEPARATELY CONTACTING THE TREATED PHASES WITH AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF ALKALI METAL HYDROXIDE HAVING A BEAUME GRAVITY WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 15* TO ABOUT 50*, SEPARATING SAID SOLUTION FROM THE PHASE, SAID SEPARATED PHASES CONTAINING TRACE QUANTITIES OF SAID ODORIFEROUS COMPOUNDS AS WELL AS SULFUR COMPOUNDS, AND THEN SEPARATELY CONTACTING THE SEPARATED PHASES WITH AN ADSORBENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BAUXITE, ACTIVATED MAGNESIUM OXIDE, ACTIVATED CHARCOAL, AND MIXTURES OF ACTIVATED MAGNESIUM OXIDE AND ACTIVATED CHARCOAL TO OBTAIN SOLVENTS OF IMPROVED ODOR, AND REBLENDING AT LEAST A PORTION OF EACH SEPARATED PHASE TO OBTAIN A PRODUCT OF DESIRED AROMATICITY AND SATISFACTORY ODOR.