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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jar-Lin Kao, Houston, TX (US);
Greg J De Martin, Bogota, NJ (US);
Stuart Leon Soled, Pittstown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585481 ; 585480 ;
Abstract
A process for isomerizing a nonequilibrium xylene feed mixture is disclosed. The isomerization is conducted in the presence of hydrogen and at pressures in excess of 75 psig over a ZSM-5 type catalyst containing about 0.1 to 5 wt % of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of zinc, copper, silver and gallium. In another embodiment, the catalyst may further contain an oxide of at least one element selected from silicon, germanium and tin. The process produces a product containing about or above equilibrium quantities of para-xylene with low xylene loss.