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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Gabor Kiss, Hampton, NJ (US);
Thomas E. Green, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Terry E. Helton, Montgomery, TX (US);
William C. Horn, Long Valley, NJ (US);
William A. Lamberti, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Tan-Jen Chen, Kingwood, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for producing an alkylated aromatic compound comprises contacting an aromatic starting material and hydrogen with a plurality of catalyst particles under hydroalkylation conditions to produce an effluent comprising the alkylated aromatic compound, the catalyst comprising a composite of a solid acid, an inorganic oxide different from the solid acid and a hydrogenation metal, wherein the distribution of the hydrogenation metal in at least 60 wt % of the catalyst particles is such that the average concentration of the hydrogenation metal in the rim portion of a given catalyst particle is Crim, the average concentration of the hydrogenation metal in the center portion of the given catalyst particle is Ccenter, where 0.2≦Crim/Ccenter<2.0. Also disclosed are hydroalkylation catalyst and process for making phenol and/or cyclohexanone using the catalyst.