	US 12,330,140 B2
	Catalyst compositions and methods of preparation and use thereof
Joseph C. Dellamorte, Beachwood, OH (US); Enrique Iglesia, Berkeley, CA (US); Teng Fu, Shanghai (CN); and Biswanath Dutta, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to BASF CORPORATION, Florham Park, NJ (US); and THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/800,803
Filed by BASF CORPORATION, Florham Park, NJ (US); and THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/017072 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/173333, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,655, filed on Feb. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0090704 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B01J 21/06 (2006.01); B01J 23/10 (2006.01); B01J 35/50 (2024.01); B01J 35/51 (2024.01); B01J 35/61 (2024.01); B01J 37/18 (2006.01); C01G 25/02 (2006.01); C07C 5/333 (2006.01)

CPC B01J 21/066 (2013.01) [B01J 23/10 (2013.01); B01J 35/50 (2024.01); B01J 35/51 (2024.01); B01J 35/612 (2024.01); B01J 35/613 (2024.01); B01J 35/615 (2024.01); B01J 37/18 (2013.01); C01G 25/02 (2013.01); C07C 5/3332 (2013.01); C01P 2002/76 (2013.01); C01P 2006/12 (2013.01); C07C 2521/06 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A catalyst composition, comprising:

zirconium oxide (ZrO₂), wherein the catalyst composition is free of at least one of chromium or a precious metal, wherein the catalyst composition has been pretreated by contacting the catalyst composition with a pretreatment gas comprising a reducing agent at a concentration of about 1 mol % to about 10 mol %, and wherein the reducing agent comprises at least one of hydrogen (H₂), carbon monoxide (CO), ammonia or methane (CH₄).