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Dehydrogenation catalyst and process

  • US 9,579,632 B2
  • Filed: 12/02/2011
  • Issued: 02/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process for the dehydrogenation of a ketone to an aromatic alcohol, the process comprising contacting a feed comprising a cycloaliphatic alcohol or ketone under dehydrogenation conditions with catalyst composition comprising:

  • (i) a support;

    (ii) a dehydrogenation component comprising at least one metal or compound thereof selected from Groups 6 to 10 of the Periodic Table of Elements; and

    (iii) tin or a tin compound, wherein the tin is present in an amount of 0.01 wt % to about 0.25 wt %, the wt % based upon the total weight of the catalyst composition; and

    further wherein said dehydrogenation conditions comprise a temperature of about 250°

    C. to about 500°

    C., a pressure of about 100 kPa to about 3550 kPa, a weight hourly space velocity of about 0.2 hr

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    to 50 hr

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    , and a hydrogen to cyclohexanone-containing feed molar ratio of about 2 to about 20.

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