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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2011
William Herman Gerdes, Hudson, OH (US);
John Robert Lockemeyer, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Donald James Remus, Stow, OH (US);
Thomas Szymanski, Hudson, OH (US);
Randall Clayton Yeates, Sugar Land, TX (US);
William Herman Gerdes, Hudson, OH (US);
John Robert Lockemeyer, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Donald James Remus, Stow, OH (US);
Thomas Szymanski, Hudson, OH (US);
Randall Clayton Yeates, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for preparing a 1,2-diol, a 1,2-diol ether or an alkanolamine comprising converting an olefin oxide, wherein the olefin oxide has been obtained by a process for the epoxidation of an olefin, said process comprising using a catalyst comprising a carrier and silver deposited thereon, wherein the carrier comprises at least 85 weight percent α-alumina and has a surface area of at least 1.3 m/g, a median pore diameter of more than 0.8 μm, and a pore size distribution wherein at least 80% of the total pore is contained in pores with diameters in the range of from 0.1 to 10 μm, and at least 80% of the pore volume contained in the pores with diameters in the range of from 0.1 to 10 μm is contained in pores with diameters in the range of from 0.3 to 10 μm.