Process for producing dimethoxymethane oligomers

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PATENT NO 10988564
APP PUB NO 20190276579A1
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16297254

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A method of producing dimethoxymethane oligomers (DMMn), the method comprising: reacting a formaldehyde source and dimethoxymethane monomer (DMM1) in the presence of an acidic catalyst to produce a reaction effluent comprising DMMn and unreacted DMM1; and separating, from the reaction effluent, DMM1-2 including unreacted DMM1 and DMMn having a chain length n equal to 2 (DMM2), dimethoxymethane oligomers having a chain length n in the range of from 2-5 (DMM2-5), dimethoxymethane oligomers having a chain length n of ≥5 (DMM5+), or a combination thereof, wherein the separating comprises distillation in the presence of at least one alcohol, a distillate fuel, or both.

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LYONDELL CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY L P1221 MCKINNEY STREET SUITE 700 HOUSTON TX 77010

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Arndt, Larry W Humble, US 9 13
Kimmich, Barbara Houston, US 23 102
Mannel, David S Humble, US 6 1
Nguyen, Ha H Houston, US 15 198
Waguespack, James N Spring, US 5 36

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