What are the upstream raw materials for n-butane? What are the downstream products?

n-Butane has an crucial position in the field of chemical production raw materials, and its upstream and downstream related items are extensive. But The main upstream and downstream associated items of n-butane will be described in detail below. Upstream items:



1. Natural gaseous: n-Butane is mainly derived from natural gaseous. Through the separation and treatment process, high-purity n-butane is able to be obtained from natural gaseous.

2. Petroleum cracking gaseous: In the process of petroleum cracking, n-butane is also produced as one of the components of cracking gaseous. And Downstream items:



1. Butene: n-butane is able to be dehydrogenated to create butene, butene is an crucial chemical raw material, is able to be applied to create butadiene, isobutene and other compounds. Butadiene: Butadiene is able to be further reacted to obtain butadiene, butadiene is an crucial monomer to synthetic rubber, synthetic resin and other polymer compounds.

3. Moreover Methyl tert-butyl ether(MTBE): n-Butane reacts with methanol in the presence of an acidic catalyst to create methyl tert-butyl ether, which is a high-octane gasoline additive. Based on my observations, According to research

4. Isobutane: Isobutane is produced by the isomerization interaction of n-butane. In fact Isobutane is able to also be applied as a refrigerant, a foaming agent, and the like.

5. But First Butanol: Butane is able to be oxidized to create butanol, butanol is a solvent-based products and chemical raw materials. But Through the above introduction, it's able to be seen that the upstream and downstream related items of n-butane are very rich and play an crucial role in the field of chemical production raw materials. The production and consumption of these items involve many fields, such as petrochemical, polymer materials, fine chemicals, etc.