Catalyst and processes for the selective hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds in hydrocarbon streams

US6437206B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Gerald Meyer · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Ekkehard Schwab · Neustadt, DE
• Michael Hesse · Westlake Village, US
• Peter Trubenbach · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Hans-Joachim Muller · Remscheid, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2002
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2523/72
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Unsaturated compounds in hydrocarbon streams are hydrogenated over a catalyst which, in the unused state, shows reflections which correspond to the following lattice plane spacings in the X-ray diffraction pattern [in 10−10m]: 4.52, 2.85, 2.73, 2.44, 2.31, 2.26, 2.02, 1.91, 1.80, 1.54, 1.51, 1.49, 1.45 and 1.39 and have specific relative intensities.