The Dow Chemical Company

Engelhard De Meern B.v.

Adrianus J Van Dillen

John Wilhelm Geus

Frederik R Van Buren

Dick E Stobbe

Johannes Van Beijnum

A catalyst comprising a preshaped porous support material having applied thereto in finely divided form an active compound chosen from at least one compound of vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper and zinc, and optionally a promoter chosen from at least an alkali or alkaline earth metal compound, method for the preparation thereof and use thereof in the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons.

Catalystic method for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons

Supported catalyst for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons and method

The invention concerns a method of performing a chemical reaction in which hydrogenation and/or dehydrogenation occurs, in the presence of a supported catalyst comprising a carrier material with copper as active component and iron as a promotor. According to the invention, the proporation of iron, calculated on the amount of copper and iron jointly, on an atomic basis, is no more than 25%. The invention also relates to a catalyst for carrying out the reaction, and to a process for preparing a supported catalyst.

Hydrogenolysis reaction and catalyst suitable therefor

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Culemborg, Netherlands

Adrianus J Van Dillen