Process for selectively hydrogenating acetylene in a mixture of acetylene and ethylene
US4571442A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 19, 1984 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/52
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Acetylene is selectively hydrogenated by passing a mixture of acetylene and ethylene with a hydrocarbon liquid phase through a bed of a palladium-on-alumina catalyst. The liquid phase comprises an aromatic hydrocarbon and a primary or secondary amine.
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