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US 5,294,739 AGranted
Catalyttic oxidation of hydrocarbons
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsBettina Kraushaar-Czarnetzki, Willemina G. M. Hoogervorst
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AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsBettina Kraushaar-Czarnetzki, Willemina G. M. Hoogervorst
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The invention relates to a process for the catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons with molecular oxygen using a cobalt-containing molecular sieve material having the cobalt ions substantially incorporated in the crystal lattice of the molecular sieve. Preferably, the oxidation is carried out with a molecular sieve containing from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of cobalt and wherein the cobalt ions are substantially trivalent when the reaction starts. Preferably, the catalyst is a cobalt containing phosphate based molecular sieve material of the structure type 5, 31, 36, 37, 40, 50 and mixtures thereof and the hydrocarbons oxidized are from the group consisting of straight chain alkanes, alkenes, cycloalkanes and cycloalkenes which contain from about 3 to about 20 carbon atoms.
A process for the catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce products comprising alcohols, aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids wherein the hydrocarbons are contacts with a source of molecular oxygen and a cobalt-containing catalyst wherein the cobalt-containing catalyst is a molecular sieve material comprising a crystal lattice having cobalt ions incorporated in the crystal lattice.
The process of claim I wherein the molecular sieve contains from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of cobalt ions.
A process for the catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce products comprising alcohols, aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids wherein the hydrocarbons are contacted with air and a cobalt-containing catalyst at a temperature from about 10.degree. C. to about 140.degree. C. and an oxygen partial pressure from about 100 KPa to about 1000 KPa, wherein the cobalt-containing catalyst is a molecular sieve material comprising a catalyst lattice having from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of trivalent cobalt ions substantially incorporated in the crystal lattice and wherein the amount of cobalt-containing molecular sieve material utilized ranges from about 0.5% to about 25% by weight on the basis of the amount of hydrocarbons being oxidized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.