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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:
Feb. 11, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles T Ratcliffe, Pittstown, NJ (US);
Petrus J Tromp, Amsterdam, NL;
Israel E Wachs, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568 70 ; 4236 / ; 568 60 ; 585733 ;
Abstract
Methanethiol is produced from a gaseous feed comprising a mixture of H.sub.2 S and CO by contacting said feed, at a temperature of at least about 225.degree. C., with a catalyst comprising an oxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of V, Nb, and Ta and mixtures thereof, preferably V, supported on titania and wherein at least a portion, and preferably at least about 25 wt. %, of said supported oxide is in a non-crystalline form.