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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
William C Hecker, Orem, UT (US);
Richard C Robinson, San Rafael, CA (US);
Robert L Jacobson, Vallejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208191 ; 208189 ;
Abstract
Small amounts of lower alcohols are admixed with sour hydrocarbons and the mixture is contacted with a copper-containing catalyst at an elevated temperature. The alcohol serves as the oxygen source for the catalytic oxygenative conversion to disulfides of mercaptans souring the hydrocarbon.