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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Teh Chung Ho, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Chang Samuel Hsu, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Gerald Dennis Dupre, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Ronald Liotta, Kingswood, TX (US);
Viktor Buchholz, Clinton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Co, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208240 ; 2082 / ; 208237 ; 208243 ;
Abstract
The instant invention is directed to a process for removing hard sulfurs from hydrocarbon streams by selectively oxidizing hard sulfurs in a hydrotreated stream, under oxidizing conditions in the presence of an effective amount of an oxidizing agent, wherein the oxidizing agent is a peroxometal complex and wherein the hard sulfurs are oxidized into the corresponding sulfoxides and sulfones.