Claims
- 1. A hydration method comprising heating at a temperature of between about 100.degree. C and 220.degree. C under a pressure of about 50 to 200 atmospheres in an oxygen free atmosphere an olefin of the formula:
- CH.sub.2 = CH--R
- wherein R is lower alkyl with a molar excess basis olefin of water in the presence of a vinylphosphonic acid polymer catalyst of the formula:
- AxBy wherein the ratio (x/y) ranges from about 0.5 to 1.5, wherein A is ##EQU1## and B is -CH.sub.2 -CH-SO.sub.2 -CH-CH.sub.2 - and A is attached to two other units both of which are A and/or B and B is attached to four other units all of which are A and/or B, and recovering the alcohol corresponding to said olefin.
- 2. A hydration method according to claim 1 wherein the olefin is ethylene or propylene.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 368,136, filed June 8, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,943,074.
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453,147 |
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Divisions (1)
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