Catalyst supports and catalysts for dehydrocyanation reactions and processes for producing them

US5935896A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Jacques Dupuis · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Peter Trubenbach · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Ekkehard Schwab · Neustadt, DE
• Michael Kroner · Oerlinghausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 1997
• Grant date: Aug 10, 1999
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2219/312
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An SiO.sub.2 -free, .alpha.Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -containing catalyst support in the form of a hollow body in which at least part of the outer walls of the hollow body is open can be used to produce a catalyst for dehydrocyanation reactions.