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• the present disclosure relates to a process for preparing alkene from alkane.
• An alkene is an unsaturated chemical compound containing at least one carbon- to-carbon double bond.
• Aikenes are conventionally produced, inter alia, by hydrocarbon cracking. Alkanes are broken apart at high temperatures, often in the presence of a zeolite catalyst, to produce a mixture of primarily aliphatic aikenes and lower molecular weight alkanes (produced by loss of C0 2 ). The mixture is feedstock dependent and separated by fractional distillation. This is mainly used for the manufacture of lower aikenes (up to six carbons).
• Aikenes like butene can be used as monomers for polybutene.
• Isomers of butene C 4 H 8 ) exist as 1 -butene, cis-2-butene, trans-2-butene and isobutylene. All four isomers are gases at room temperature, but can be liquefied by lowering the temperature or raising the pressure.
• 4-carbon aikenes can act as monomers in the formation of polymers and can be used as petrochemical intermediates and as a feed for preparation of conjugated diene such as 1,3 -butadiene. They are also used in the production of synthetic rubber.
• But-l-ene is a linear or normal alpha-olefin and isobutylene is a branched alpha-olefin. In a low percentage, but-l-ene is used as one of the comonomers, along with other alpha- olefins, in the production of high density polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene.
• Butyl rubber is made by cationic polymerization of isobutylene with about 2 - 7% isoprene. Isobutylene is also used for the production of methyl terf-butyl ether (MTBE) and isooctane, both of which improve the combustion of gasoline.
• MTBE methyl terf-butyl ether
• a stream containing G 4 hydrocarbons is produced in the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit and crude distillation unit (CDU).
• the stream typically consists of alkanes such as n-butane and isobutane along with alkenes such as isobutene and butenes.
• alkanes such as n-butane and isobutane along with alkenes such as isobutene and butenes.
• the butenes can be isolated from the C 4 stream and used for further applications as mentioned above.
• higher value addition of this C 4 stream can be achieved by dehydrogenating the alkanes present in it so that the stream can be enriched with butenes and isobutene as major components.
• hydrocarbon dehydrogenation reactions are mostly carried out at a relatively high temperature requiring high energy consumption and specialized equipment which in-turn contributes to a relatively higher production cost.
• the application of high temperatures for dehydrogenation of the hydrocarbons leads to 'atom loss' in the form of carbon dioxide and therefore, lesser yield of the final product/s.
• US patent 6982305 discloses dehydrogenation of alkane to make an olefin in the presence of a Group VIII dehydrogenation catalyst (including Iridium) and then polymerizing the olefin (ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 1- octene, and mixtures thereof) in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst, and an optional hydrocarbon solvent.
• a Group VIII dehydrogenation catalyst including Iridium
• US6982305 does not disclose selective preparation of alkene from alkane.
• US 20040181104 discloses catalytic dehydrogenation of ethyl benzene using iridium-based pincer catalyst in the presence of a hydrogen acceptor. It specifically discloses the dehydrogenation of alkyl aromatic compound and not the C 4 alkanes.
• WO2012061272 discloses a method of making a C 5 or C 6 conjugated linear diene compound which involves reacting a C 5 or C 6 linear monoene with a hydrogen acceptor in the presence of a hydrogen transfer catalyst such as iridium pincer complex catalyst to produce a C 5 or C 6 conjugated linear diene.
• a hydrogen transfer catalyst such as iridium pincer complex catalyst
• WO2012061272 application does not disclose the conversion of C 4 -alkane to alkene. Further, it does not disclose the dehydrogenation of butane.
• non-reactive medium means a fluid that does not take part in the reaction at particular experimental conditions and only provides a medium for the reaction to occur.
• Pincer ligated means a chelating agent that binds to three adjacent coplanar sites, usually on a transition metal in a meridional configuration.
• Tronover number means the number of moles of substrate that a mole of catalyst can convert before becoming inactivated.
• a process for dehydrogenation of a feed comprising at least one alkane selected from the group consisting of n-butane and isobutane to obtain at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1 -butene, cis-2-butene, trans-2-butene, isobutene and combinations thereof; said process comprises reacting the feed with at least one hydrogen acceptor in the presence of at least one pincer ligated iridium catalyst in a non-reactive medium at a temperature in the range of 100°C to 250°C.
• the feed is n-butane and the alkenes are 1-butene, cis-2-butene and trans-2-butene.
• the 'feed' is a pure chemical selected from the group consisting of n-butane and isobutane or a stream containing at least one alkane selected from the group consisting of n-butane and isobutane along with butenes and isobutene; and combination thereof or a fresh C 4 stream from fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit or crude distillation unit (CDU).
• FCC fluid catalytic cracking
• CDU crude distillation unit
• the hydrogen acceptor is at least one selected from the group consisting of t-butyl ethylene, norbornene, isobutylene and diisobutylene.
• the concentration of the hydrogen acceptor ranges from 25 to 45 w/w% of the total reaction mixture.
• the pincer ligated iridium catalyst is a compound of formula 1 or 2
• A 0, CH 2 or a combination of O and CH 2
• R' H, MeO and NR2
• R tert-Butyl, isopropyl, cylopentyl and cyclohexyl ,
• the ratio of the pincer ligated iridium catalyst to the feed ranges from 1: 1000 to 1 :10000.
• the ratio of the hydrogen acceptor to the feed ranges between 2: 1 and 1 :3.
• the non-reactive medium is at least one selected from the group consisting of mesitylene, 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene and 2,2,4,4,6,6,8,8- octamethylnonane.
• the ratio of the non-reactive medium to the feed ranges from 1 : 1 to 1 :5.
• the pincer ligated iridium catalyst is a catalyst supported on at least one inorganic support selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica and zeolite or metal surface through physical adsorption or covalent bond linkage.
• the dehydrogenation is carried for a time period of 1 to 6 hours.
• a process for dehydrogenating a feed comprising at least one aikane selected from the group consisting of n-butane and isobutane.
• the inventors of the present disclosure specifically focused on selectively converting a feed comprising at least one aikane selected from the group consisting of n-butane and isobutane into at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1-butene, cis- 2-butene, trans-2-butene, isobutene and combinations thereof, at a lower temperature in a short reaction time.
• the temperature condition for the dehydrogenating reaction should be such that there is barely any loss of the reactant in the form of the carbon dioxide. It is found that the dehydrogenation reaction of alkane can be carried at a temperature ranging from 100°C to 250°C. In this temperature range the atom efficiency is close to 100% as there is no loss due to the formation of carbon dioxide that usually takes place at higher temperature. Further, the inventors after conducting the experiments found that the selective dehydrogenation of linear or branched alkane can be achieved by using different pincer ligated iridium homogeneous catalyst.
• the feed consists of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of n-butane and isobutane.
• the product formed on dehydrogenation contains alkenes such as 1-butene, isobutene, trans-2-butene, cis-2- butane; and butadiene.
• the feed is a C 4 stream from fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit and crude distillation unit (CDU) containing n-butane, isobutane, isobutene and butenes.
• FCC fluid catalytic cracking
• CDU crude distillation unit
• Value addition of the stream can be achieved by converting the alkanes present in it to alkenes by dehydrogenation. This conversion also eliminates the cost involved in separating the alkenes present in the stream.
• C 4 to C 8 olefins are preferred as hydrogen acceptors.
• the hydrogen acceptor used in the process of the present disclosure is at least one selected from the group consisting of tert- butylethylene, norbornene, isobutylene and diisobutylene.
• the hydrogen acceptor is believed to promote the rate of the dehydrogenation reaction by accepting the hydrogen atoms from the catalyst thereby resulting in the active catalyst species which then reacts with alkane reactant. Further, the formation of the alkene can be regulated by controlling the quantity of the hydrogen acceptor.
• the dehydrogenation reaction of the present disclosure is catalyzed by a hydrogen transfer catalyst.
• Pincer ligated iridium homogeneous catalyst is used to transfer the hydrogen from the alkane to the hydrogen acceptor.
• Pincer ligated iridium catalyst is at least one selected from the group represented by a formula 1 or 2
• A 0, CH 2 or a combination of 0 and CH 2
• R' H, MeO and NR2
• R tert-Butyl, isopropyl, cy!openty! and cyclohexyl
• a step of predrying of the feed is sufficient and no further treatment of feed is required as the catalyst is stable in the presence of impurities present in the feed/stream.
• the catalyst may be supported on at least one inorganic support selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, zeolites or metal surface.
• the catalyst and support are attached to each other either through physical adsorption or through covalent bond linkage.
• the hydrogen transfer catalyst i.e. pincer ligated iridium catalyst reacts with hydrogen acceptor for example tert-butyl ethylene to give 2,2-dimethyl butane and thereby generating a co-ordinatively unsaturated catalytically active species.
• the catalytically active species then oxidatively reacts with n-alkane by activating C-H bond to give rise to the alkyl hydride.
• 1-alkene can always reinsert in a 2,1 -fashion under the employed reaction conditions and then due to 2,1- elimination, 2-alkene gets formed.
• 2-alkene gets formed upon dehydrogenation of n- alkane.
• the 'feed' is a pure chemical selected from the group consisting of n-butane and isobutane or a stream containing at least one alkane selected from the group consisting of n-butane and isobutane along with butenes and isobutene; and combination thereof or a fresh C 4 stream from fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit or crude distillation unit (CDU).
• FCC fluid catalytic cracking
• CDU crude distillation unit
• n-butane is subjected to dehydrogenation to form 1-butene, cis-2-butene and trans-2-butene.
• the pincer ligated iridium catalyst reacts with tert-butylethylene to give 2,2-dimethyl butane and thereby generating a co- ordinatively unsaturated catalytically active species.
• the catalytically active species then oxidatively reacts with n-butane by activating C-H bond to give rise to the butyl hydride.
• the butyl hydride then undergoes reductive elimination to form 1-butene.
• 1-butene can always reinsert in a 2,1 -fashion under the employed reaction conditions and then due to 2,1 -elimination, 2- butene is formed.
• the non-reactive medium means a fluid that does not take part in the reaction at particular experimental conditions and only provides a medium for the reaction to occur.
• Such non-reactive medium is one where C-H activation cannot occur which includes significantly substituted aromatic or aliphatic compound having high boiling points.
• the non-reactive medium either aromatic or aliphatic is such selected that no two hydrogen atoms are adjacent to each other so that the non-reactive medium does not compete with the dehydrogenation reaction of alkane into alkene. Based on this criteria, the non-reactive medium is at least one selected from the group consisting of mesitylene, 1,2,4,5- tetramethylbenzene and 2,2,4,4,6,6,8,8-octamethylnonane.
• the concentration of the hydrogen acceptor in the reaction mixture ranges between 25 and 45 w/w% of the total reaction mixture.
• the ratio of the hydrogen acceptor to feed ranges between 2: 1 and 1 :3, whereas the ratio of the non-reactive medium to feed ranges between 1 : 1 and 1 :5, and the ratio of the pincer ligated iridium catalyst to alkane ranges between 1 :1000 and 1 :10000.
• C 4 stream from fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit or crude distillation unit (CDU) containing at least one alkane selected from the group consisting of n-butane and isobutane is subjected to dehydrogenation to form 1-butene, cis-2-butene, trans-2-butene, isobutene and butadiene.
• FCC fluid catalytic cracking
• CDU crude distillation unit
• pincer ligated iridium catalyst (A or B or C) used in the illustrative examples is represented by the following formula.
• Catalyst A Catalyst B Catalyst C
• the process of the present disclosure employs milder conditions for the dehydrogenation of feed as compared to the prior art processes.
• the process of the present disclosure is carried out in a short duration of time (1-6 hrs.) as compared to the known process.
• the reaction of the present disclosure has high atom efficiency since there is no loss due to the formation of C0 2 .
• the process of the present disclosure is give high conversion.
• the process is devoid of side reaction and no by-products are produced.
• the catalyst used in the present process can be recycled.

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