Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited

Ici Australia Limited

Thomas Mole

Keith Moody

Jack G Creer

Sandra Liberts

Branched olefins of at least 4 carbon atoms are hydroisomerized to a less branched alkane by contact with a hydrogen containing gas and a shape selective zeolite which has at least 1 metal of the Pt group supported primarily within the channels of said zeolite.

Hydroisomerisation process

A process for the production of aromatic compounds from low-molecular weight predominantly paraffinic feedstock which comprises contacting the feedstock in a first reactor with a dehydrogenation catalyst to produce a first reaction product containing alkenes; contacting said first reaction product in a second reactor with a crystalline aluminosilicate catalyst to produce a second reaction product containing aromatics; and separating an aromatic-rich fraction therefrom. In a preferred embodiment the feedstock consists essentially of propane and/or butane.

Two-stage process for converting propane to aromatics

The invention concerns a process for the removal of catalyst residues from a gas by contacting the gas with particulate mineral oxides. The process of the invention may be applied to the removal of coordination catalyst residues from .alpha.-olefins recycled from a polymerization reactor. The process is particularly useful in the removal of alkylaluminium halides and hydrogen halides, such as diethylaluminium chloride and hydrogen chloride, from .alpha.-olefins such as propylene. The process offers the advantages of being able to be operated under anhydrous conditions, and combining high efficiency in the removal of low levels of catalyst residues with a high capacity for the catalyst residues.

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