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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2015
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Michael A. Lilga, Richland, WA (US);
John G. Frye, Jr., Richland, WA (US);
Suh-Jane Lee, Richland, WA (US);
Karl O. Albrecht, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
A composition comprising 2,3-butanediol is dehydrated to methyl vinyl carbinol and/or 1,3-butadiene by exposure to a catalyst comprising (a) MOwherein M is a rare earth metal, a group IIIA metal, Zr, or a combination thereof, and x and y are based upon an oxidation state of M, or (b) M(PO)where Mis a group IA, a group IIA metal, a group IIIA metal, or a combination thereof, and a and b are based upon the oxidation state of M. Embodiments of the catalyst comprising MOmay further include M, wherein Mis a rare earth metal, a group IIA metal, Zr, Al, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, 2,3-butanediol is dehydrated to methyl vinyl carbinol and/or 1,3-butadiene by a catalyst comprising MO, and the methyl vinyl carbinol is subsequently dehydrated to 1,3-butadiene by exposure to a solid acid catalyst.