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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sipke Hidde Wadman, Amsterdam, NL;
Jean Paul Andre Marie Joseph Ghislan Lange, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
SHELL OIL COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 307/00 (2006.01); C07C 29/17 (2006.01); C07D 307/08 (2006.01); C07C 31/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/172 (2013.01); C07C 31/207 (2013.01); C07D 307/08 (2013.01); C07C 2521/06 (2013.01); C07C 2521/18 (2013.01); C07C 2523/652 (2013.01); C07C 2523/656 (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 at least one first metal selected from those in groups 8 to 10 of the periodic table and a further metal selected from manganese, molybdenum, niobium and tungsten.