The present invention provides various processes for producing
polypropylene from an oxygenate-contaminated propylene-containing
feedstock, preferably derived from an oxygenate to olefin reaction
system. In one embodiment, the process includes providing a
propylene-containing stream from an oxygenate to olefin reaction system,
wherein the propylene-containing stream comprises propylene and an
oxygenate. The propylene in the propylene-containing stream contacts a
polymerization catalyst in a polymerization zone under conditions
effective to polymerize the propylene to form the polypropylene.