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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1990
Robert R Frame, Glenview, IL (US);
Jeffery C Bricker, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Laurence O Stine, Western Springs, IL (US);
Thomas A Verachtert, Wheeling, IL (US);
UOP, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a liquid-liquid process for treating a sour hydrocarbon fraction. The process comprises contacting the hydrocarbon fraction in the presence of an oxidizing agent with an aqueous solution containing ammonium hydroxide, a metal chelate and an onium compound selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium, phosphonium, arsonium, stibonium, oxonium and sulfonium compounds. A preferred onium compound is a quaternary ammonium compound with an especially preferred compound being a quaternary ammonium halide. This invention also relates to a catalyst comprising an aqueous solution containing ammonium hydroxide, a metal chelate and an onium compound, for oxidizing mercaptans contained in a sour hydrocarbon fraction. The aqueous solution which is the catalyst can also be used to improve the activity of a fixed bed mercaptan oxidation catalyst.