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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Todd R. Steffens, Randolph, NJ (US);
Paul K. Ladwig, Randolph, NJ (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/06 ;
Abstract
The invention is related to a catalyst and a process for selectively producing light (i.e., C -C ) olefins from a catalytically cracked or thermally cracked naphtha stream. The naphtha stream is contacted with a catalyst containing from about 10 to 50 wt. % of a crystalline zeolite having an average pore diameter less than about 0.7 nanometers at reaction conditions. The catalysts do not require steam activation.