Abstract
The phasedown of lead in automobile gasoline since the late 1970’s has created a need for high octane unleaded gasoline components. In response to this need, processes have been developed for alkyl ethers that are formed by the addition of iso-olefins (more correctly, tertiary olefins), such as isobutylene and isoamylenes, to methanol. In fact, the reaction of the former to make methyltertiarybutyl ether (MTBE) constitutes the fastest growing use for methanol in the USA and Europe [1–3]. MTBE was first made commercially in Europe by ANIC using Snamprogetti technology in 1973 and later in 1976 [4,5]. The first plant in the USA was built in 1979, Now there are at least 14 MTBE plants in the USA (all but 2 use the relatively concentrated steam cracker feedstock). There are presently no plants producing tertiaryamylmethyl ether (TAME) from isoamylene and methanol, but this is likely to occur in the future [6].
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Chase, J.D. (1984). Synthesis of High Octane Ethers from Methanol and Iso-Olefins. In: Herman, R.G. (eds) Catalytic Conversions of Synthesis Gas and Alcohols to Chemicals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2737-0_17
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