AlphaGalileo

Silanol Nest‑Enriched Silicalite‑1 Boosts CO₂ Hydrogenation Coupled with Toluene Alkylation for High‑Selectivity Para‑Xylene Production

Researchers have developed a bifunctional catalyst system combining ZnZrOₓ (ZZO) with silanol nest‑enriched silicalite‑1 ...
C&EN

Chemists discover biology’s version of the Friedel-Crafts alkylation

Harvard University’s Emily P. Balskus, Hitomi Nakamura, and Erica E. Schultz have discovered an enzyme, dubbed CylK, that accomplishes this same transformation during the biosynthesis of ...
Business Wire

Startup of World’s First Stand-Alone Alkylation Complex Complete at Next Wave Energy

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Next Wave Energy Partners, LP (Next Wave), a leading force in energy solutions with a focus on petrochemicals, fuels and renewables value chains, selected Elessent Clean ...
Oil

Chevron’s Salt Lake City refinery plans alkylation unit revamp

Chevron Corp. is planning to convert the existing 4,500-b/d hydrofluoric acid (HF) alkylation unit at its 53,000-b/d refinery in Salt Lake City, Utah, into the first-ever alkylation unit in the US ...
Oil

NPRA Q&A—3 (Conclusion): Discussion turns to gasoline: alkylation, naphtha hydrotreating

Ergon Refining Inc.'s 25,000-b/d Vicksburg, Miss., refinery, with addition of a second hydrotreater and ROSE propane deasphalting unit, has grown to be among the largest manufacturers of naphthenic ...