Abstract: An aliphatic mono-olefin e.g. butene-2, is isomerized in the presence of a catalyst comprising essentially zirconium phosphate and at least one of chromium and thorium to produce the corresponding terminal olefin selectively.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 7, 1982
Date of Patent:
October 11, 1983
Assignee:
Phillips Petroleum Company
Inventors:
Marvin M. Johnson, Gerhard P. Nowack, Semyon Kukes
Abstract: An aliphatic mono-olefin e.g. butene-2 is isomerized in the presence of a catalyst comprising zirconium phosphate and zirconium phosphate prepared from an aryl phosphonic acid to produce a corresponding terminal olefin selectively.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 7, 1982
Date of Patent:
July 19, 1983
Assignee:
Phillips Petroleum Company
Inventors:
Semyon Kukes, Gerhard P. Nowack, Marvin M. Johnson