| CPC C07C 5/03 (2013.01) [C07C 2529/44 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |

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1. A process comprising:
(a) introducing a butane feed stream and hydrogen to a hydrogenolysis reactor to produce a hydrogenolysis product stream, wherein the hydrogenolysis reactor comprises a hydrogenolysis catalyst, wherein the butane feed stream comprises n-butane and i-butane, wherein said catalyst having higher selectivity towards hydrogenolysis of n-butane compared to hydrogenolysis of i-butane, wherein the hydrogenolysis product stream comprises hydrogen, methane, ethane, propane, i-butane, and n-butane, and further wherein said hydrogenolysis product stream has a higher i-butane:n-butane ratio than the butane feed stream;
(b) separating at least a portion of the hydrogenolysis product stream in a first separation unit into a first hydrogen-containing stream, a stream rich in methane, ethane and propane, and a butane stream, wherein the butane stream comprises i-butane and n-butane;
(c) feeding at least a portion of the butane stream to a dehydrogenation reactor to produce a dehydrogenation product stream, wherein the dehydrogenation reactor comprises a dehydrogenation catalyst, and wherein the dehydrogenation product stream comprises hydrogen, i-butane, isobutylene, n-butane, 1-butene, and 2-butene,
(d) feeding at least a portion of the dehydrogenation product stream to an oligomerization unit to produce a product stream comprising isooctene; and,
(e) feeding at least a portion of the product stream comprising isooctene to a hydrogenation unit to produce isooctane.
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