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Separating unequally saturated hydrocarbons with monovalent copper salt solutions in β-methoxypropionitrile
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-10-12
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Granted: 1979-02-27
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Expires: 1996-10-12
Abstract
Abstract A method of separating proximate boiling-point hydrocarbons using solutions of monovalent copper salts in solvents, said solvents being alkyl-substituted amides and alkyl esters of phosphorus-containing acids having a P═O group, N-alkyl-substituted amides of carboxylic acids, N-alkyl-substituted lactams, dialkyl sulphoxides, alkoxynitriles and N-alkyl-substituted aminonitriles. The method can be used for separating hydrocarbons from small quantities of acetylene compounds and cyclopentadiene. Large quantities of acetylene compounds are separated from the mixture of proximate boiling-point hydrocarbons by contacting the mixture with said solvents containing no salts of monovalent copper.
Inventors
- 👤 Stanislav J. Pavlov
- 👤 Valentina A. Stepanova
- 👤 Olga V. Bogdanova
- 👤 Sergei G. Kuznetsov
- 👤 Tatyana G. Dorofeeva
- 👤 Alexandr N. Bushin
- 👤 Gennady A. Stepanov
- 👤 Leonid K. Eratov
- 👤 Ariadna B. Kirnos
- 👤 Boris A. Plechev
- 👤 Alexei P. Kharchenko
- 👤 Konstantin N. Bildinov
- 👤 Oleg P. Yablonsky
- 👤 Jury V. Orlov
- 👤 Boris E. Ivanov
- 👤 Valerian M. Sobolev
- 👤 Mikhail A. Korshunov
- 👤 Svetlana B. Boikova
- 👤 Rimma G. Kuzovleva
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 03:26
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C7/00; C07C7/148; C07C7/163; C07C7/152; C07C7/156
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A method of separating mixtures of unequally saturated C 4 -C 5 hydrocarbons comprising the steps of: contacting said mixtures with a separating agent, said separating agent being a solution of salts of monovalent copper of oxygen-containing acids partially or completely dissociated in β-methoxypropionitrile, whereupon the C 4 -C 5 hydrocarbons that are more highly unsaturated are selectively absorbed forming an intermediate solution; physically separating the less highly unsaturated hydrocarbon from the intermediate solution; and desorbing said separating agent from said intermediate solution to release the more highly unsaturated C 4 -C 5 hydrocarbons.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
94 words
A method of separating mixtures of unequally saturated C 4 -C 5 hydrocarbons comprising the steps of: contacting said mixtures with a separating agent, said separating agent being a solution of salts of monovalent copper of oxygen-containing acids partially or completely dissociated in β-methoxypropionitrile, whereupon the C 4 -C 5 hydrocarbons that are more highly unsaturated are selectively absorbed forming an intermediate solution; physically separating the less highly unsaturated hydrocarbon from the intermediate solution; and desorbing said separating agent from said intermediate solution to release the more highly unsaturated C 4 -C 5 hydrocarbons.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1, wherein butane, butenes and butadiene are separated.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1, wherein isopentane, isopentenes and isoprene are separated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
The method of claim 1, wherein acetylene compounds and cyclopentadiene are present in said mixtures, said acetylene compounds and cyclopentadiene being absorbed with the more highly unsaturated C 4 -C 5 hydrocarbons into the intermediate solution comprising the further step of separating the acetylene compounds and cyclopentadiene from the separating agent after the more highly unsaturated C 4 -C 5 hydrocarbons have been removed from the intermediate solution.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein n-butene and isobutene are separated.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1982-02-26 | 1982-08-28 | 1983-02-27 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1986-02-26 | 1986-08-28 | 1987-02-27 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1990-02-26 | 1990-08-28 | 1991-02-27 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |