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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jean Paul Andre Marie Joseph Gishlain Lange, Amsterdam, NL;
Sipke Hidde Wadman, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
SHELL OIL COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/17 (2006.01); C07C 41/20 (2006.01); C07D 307/08 (2006.01); B01J 23/656 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 307/08 (2013.01); B01J 23/6567 (2013.01); C07C 29/172 (2013.01); C07C 41/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of 1,4-butanediol and tetrahydrofuran said process comprising contacting furan with hydrogen and water in the presence of a supported catalytic composition comprising rhenium and palladium in a weight ratio of at least 1:1 and a total combined weight rhenium and palladium in the catalyst composition in the range of from 0.01 to 20 wt %.