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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Jihad M. Dakka, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Lorenzo C. Decaul, Langhorne, PA (US);
Michael P. Lanci, Flemington, NJ (US);
Wei Tang, New York, NY (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
In a process for producing a methyl-substituted biphenyl compound, at least one methyl-substituted cyclohexylbenzene compound of the formula: wherein each of m and n is independently 1, 2, or 3, is contacted with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to produce a hydrogenation reaction product comprising at least one methyl-substituted bicyclohexane compound, and the methyl-substituted bicyclohexane compound is then contacted with a dehydrogenation catalyst to produce a dehydrogenation reaction product comprising at least one methyl-substituted biphenyl compound.