CONVERSION OF METHANE TO GASOLINE-RANGE HYDROCARBONS VIA ISOBUTENE

摘要

-1-Abstract:A process is described for the gas-phase condensationof natural gas or methane into gasoline-range hydrocarbonscomprising the steps of: (a) reacting a mixture of methaneand acetylene in the presence of a solid superacid catalystto form isobutene, and (b) converting the isobutene productinto gasoline-range hydrocarbons in the presence of acrystalline silicate zeolite catalyst.