In the production of gasoline, a process by which straight chain hydrocarbons are converted into branched chain hydrocarbons.
A refinery process which converts normal or straight chain hydrocarbons that have a poor octane quality into high-octane branch chain isomers. Thus, n-butane is converted into isobutane, etc.
Isomeroituminen, toisiintuminen Isomerisering Rearrangement of atoms in a molecule without removing or adding any atoms to the original molecule.
A refining process that alters the fundamental arrangement of atoms in the molecule without adding or removing anything from the original material. Used to convert normal butane into isobutane (C4), an alkylation process feedstock, and normal pentane and hexane into isopentane (C5) and isohexane (C6), high-octane gasoline components.