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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:
Apr. 28, 1992
Filed:
May. 14, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael T Holbrook, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Lawrence A Hebert, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Stephen W Najmy, Midland, MI (US);
Ernest F Stine, Jr, Knoxville, TN (US);
Reimer Hasche, Hammah, DE;
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
570258 ;
Abstract
A process for hydrohalogenating methanol with a hydrogen halide using a catalyst having an initial zone of lower activity and subsequent zones of higher activity so that coke formation and pressure drop are decreased and catalyst life is increased while overall high catalyst activity is maintained. One example of such a process uses a low surface area amorphous alumina in an initial zone and then progressively higher surface area alumina in subsequent zones.