Process of oxidative dehydrogenation using a boria-alumina catalyst

• Main Authors: EL-YAHYAOUI KHALID K, DAOUS MOHAMMAD, AL-ZAHRANI ABDULRAHIM, AL-HAMED YAHIA
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 24.03.2010
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a process of oxydehydrogenating an alkyl-substited aromatic hydrocarbon starting compound into the corresponding alkenyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon product, respectively, which process comprises a step of contacting the starting compound and an oxidant at dehydrogenating conditions, in the presence of a boria-alumina catalyst, characterized in that the boria-aluminacatalyst has been prepared by a co-precipitation method. The co-precipitation method comprises the steps of preparing a solution of aluminium salt in an organic medium, followed by adding to this solution a boron compound and then adding ammonia gas to the mixture obtained in previous step to form a precipitate and/or a gel. This process enables oxydehydrogenation of ethyl-benzene to styrene withhigh selectivity.