Process for the preparation of ethylbenzene from 4-vinylcyclohexene-1
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsDonald W. Hart, Lynn H. Slaugh
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Abstract
4-Vinylcyclohexene-1 is converted to ethylbenzene by contacting the vinylcyclohexene at a temperature ranging from about 100.degree. C. to about 450.degree. C. with a catalyst prepared by impregnating an alumina with an oxide or decomposable salt of Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr and/or Ba and calcining the impregnated material at a temperature ranging from about 450.degree. C. to about 750.degree. C.
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A process for dehydrogenating 4-vinylcyclohexene to ethylbenzene which comprises contacting the 4-vinylcyclohexene at a temperature of about 100.degree. C. to about 450.degree. C. with a catalyst prepared by impregnating a porous alumina support with an oxide or a compound decomposable to an oxide upon calcination of a metal selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, calcium, strontium, barium or mixtures thereof and subsequently calcining the impregnated alumina at a temperature ranging from about 450.degree. C. to about 750.degree. C.
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