ALKENE SEPARATION PROCESS

A PROCESS FOR THE OXIDATION OF A C2 TO C4 ALKANE TO PRODUCE THE CORRESPONDING ALKENE AND CARBOXYLIC ACID WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES SEPARATION OF THE ALKENE FROM A MIXTURE OF THE ALKENE, THE ALKANE AND OXYGEN BY ABSORPTION IN A METALLIC SALT SOLUTION, AND RECOVERY OF AN ALKENE-RICH STREAM FROM THE METALLIC SALT SOLUTION. INTEGRATED PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALKYL CARBOXYLATE AND ALKENYL CARBOXYLATE, WHICH PROCESSES COMPRISE OXIDATION OF A C2 TO C4 ALKANE TO PRODUCE THE CORRESPONDING ALKENE AND CARBOXYLIC ACID, SEPARATION OF THE ALKENE FROM A MIXTURE OF THE ALKENE, THE ALKANE AND OXYGEN BY ABSORPTION IN A METALLIC SALT SOLUTION, AND RECOVERY OF AN ALKENE-RICH STREAM FROM THE METALLIC SALT SOLUTION FOR USE IN PRODUCTION OF ALKYL CARBOXYLATE OR ALKENYL CARBOXYLATE.