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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Nicholas Andrew Carthey, Berkshire, GB;
Andrew George Hiles, London, GB;
Joost Johannes Smit, London, GB;
Assignee:
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, England, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 17/08 (2006.01); C07C 17/25 (2006.01); B01J 21/18 (2006.01); B01J 23/44 (2006.01); B01J 23/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 17/25 (2013.01); B01J 21/18 (2013.01); B01J 23/44 (2013.01); B01J 23/52 (2013.01); C07C 17/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for the production of vinyl chloride comprises the step of passing a feed stream comprising ethylene dichloride (EDC) over a catalyst system comprising a dehydrochlorination catalyst and a hydrochlorination catalyst at a temperature, which may be in the range 150-350° C., sufficient to effect dehydrochlorination of the ethylene dichloride to produce vinyl chloride.