Process for the conversion of aromatic hydrocarbons
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsJi-Yong Ryu, Dalia Germanas
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Abstract
A process for the converting of aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g., reacting an alkylating agent, preferably an olefin, with an aromatic hydrocarbon. The process uses a catalyst prepared by reducing, with hydrogen gas at an elevated temperature, titanium tetrafluoride on an inorganic oxide which contained surface hydroxyl groups.
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A process for the alkylation of an aromatic hydrocarbon comprising contacting the aromatic hydrocarbon with an alkylating agent at aromatic hydrocarbon alkylation conditions in the presence of a catalyst prepared by reacting titanium tetrafluoride with a support which contains surface hydroxyl groups and thereafter reducing with hydrogen at an elevated temperature to form titanium subfluoride, and recovering an alkylated aromatic hydrocarbon as a product of the process.
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