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United States Patent US006660896B1 a) 10) Patent Noz US 6,660,896 B1 Buchanan et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 9, 2003 4) ISOME 5276286 4 1904 Paton etal sss/ts2 XY Sooosiz7 A 111997 Abana te S888 Sinan A+ ‘11008 Abitandan tos SESS (75) Inventors: John Scott Buchanan, Lambertville, 6,517,807 B2 2/2003 Verduijn et al. 423/709 NJ (US). Niaobing Feng, Houston, 7X Wp ; US: Xiang Feng, Howson, TX FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 3); David Le Stern, Anoandafes NI EP oisissi 088 comes iseis3 988 cues (73) Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., _* sited by examiner Houston, TX (US) Primary Exaniner—Touan Dang (4). Notice: Subject io any disclaimer, the term of tis - patent is extended or adjusted under 35 ©7) en USC. 154) by 0 days Ina proces for isomerizng a feed comprising ethybenzene dial e msture of xylene omer the feed is hist contacted (21) Appl. Nos 101418499 tinier lene isomerization cooition witha ist eaalyst .. ompostin to predoce an intermediate product having 2 (22) Filed: Apr. 16, 2003 higher para-xylene concentration than the feed, and then the (sb imc orc 5727 intermediate product is contacted under ethylbenzene cote SaS/a8i S8Siam semieee, ometization Conditions wilh x socondcaslyst compost 85/402; ion. The second calalyst compesition ‘comprises, & «) Fleld of Seare s hydrogenstion-dchydrogenation component ena molecular ($8) Feld of Search S850, 481, Sexe having TOsmembered Ting pores and is effective to 2 314 ectvely meric at eat pata he etylbenzeoe inthe Q References Cited intermediate product to pare-rylene and thereby produce Farber product having 4 parexylene concentration greater US. PATENT DOCUMENTS than the eqiliium coocearation of paraxylene at said yastane atv? bce amanm — etylbenzene iemeriation condos soon A ‘21900 Chretal 5/61 Sooss73 A 7901 Brown ea soz 26 Claims, No Drawings US 6,660,896 BI 1 ISOMERIZATION OF ETHYLBENZENE AND. XYLENES FIELD. This invention relates to a process forthe isomerization of aylenes and the selective conversion of ethylbenzene 10 para-xylene BACKGROUND Para-xylene is a valuable chemical feedstock which may be derived from mixtures of C, aromatics separated from such raw materials. as peteoleum naphthas, particularly reformates, usually by selective solvent extraction. The Cy aromatic factions from these sources vary quite widely in

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