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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2006
Applicant:
Bernard Hendrik Reesink, BT Doom, NL;
Inventor:
Bernard Hendrik Reesink, BT Doom, NL;
Assignee:
BASF Corporation, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 25/05 (2006.01); C10G 45/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is directed to a process for the purification of benzene feedstock containing contaminating sulfur compounds, more in particular thiophenic sulfur compounds, said process comprising contacting the benzene feedstock in the presence of hydrogen with a sulfided nickel adsorbent, wherein in said adsorbent part of the nickel is present in the metallic form, and subsequently contacting the said feedstock with a supported metallic copper adsorbent.