Sumitomo Metal Mining Company, Ltd.

Tomio Kawaguchi

Yasuhito Takahashi

Shigeru Sakai

Yukuaki Mitarai

Naoto Kinbara

There is disclosed a catalyst which hydrotreats hydrocarbons without need of presulfiding. The catalyst comprises a carrier of an inorganic oxide containing a sulfurizing agent and a water-soluble compound of two metals one of which belongs to the Group VI of the Periodic Table, while the other belongs to the Group VIII. The carrier has pores in which a precursor of a sulfide is formed. The coordination number of the closest Group VI metal found from the radial distribution function around the Group VI metal is less than 0.25. The function is obtained from the Fourier transform of the extended x-ray absorption fine structure of the precursor.

Catalyst for hydrotreating hydrocarbons

Catalysts for hydrotreating hydrocarbons are composed of a carrier substance consisting essentially of an oxide of aluminum and/or an oxide hydrate of aluminum, at least one compound selected from water-soluble compounds of metals of Group VI and Group VIII of the Periodic Table and at least one organic compound selected from mercapto-carboxylic acids of formula HS--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --COOR (where n is 1 to 3; R is H, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium group or alkyl group with 1-10 carbons), thio-acids of formula R'--COSH (where R' is monovalent hydrocarbon with 1-15 carbons), amino-substituted mercaptans of formula H.sub.2 N--R'--SH (R' is divalent hydrocarbon with 1-15 carbons), dimercaptans of formula HS--R'--SH (R' is same as above) and mercapto-alcohols of formula (R.sup.a S--R''--(OH).sub.n (where R'' is hydrocarbon with 1-15 carbons; R.sup.a is H or alkyl group with 1-2 carbons; and n is 1-2), and optionally phosphoric acid. The catalysts require neither presulfurization nor heat-treatment and can be directly applied to hydrotreating hydrocarbons.

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