US 12,115,521 B2
Catalysts and processes for converting aromatics
Maryam Peer, Annandale, NJ (US); Joseph E. Gatt, Annandale, NJ (US); Preeti Kamakoti, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US); William J. Knaeble, Bridgewater, NJ (US); Wenyih F. Lai, Bridgewater, NJ (US); Paul Podsiadlo, Humble, TX (US); Dominick A. Zurlo, Easton, PA (US); Thomas J. Ferro, Bethlehem, PA (US); Doron Levin, Highland Park, NJ (US); and Benjamin C. Gamoke, Collingswood, NJ (US)
Assigned to ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company, Baytown, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/436,121
Filed by ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/025016
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/205441, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,116, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 19185107 (EP), filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126278 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B01J 29/40 (2006.01); B01J 29/18 (2006.01); B01J 29/80 (2006.01); B01J 35/61 (2024.01); B01J 37/00 (2006.01); C07C 6/12 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 29/40 (2013.01) [B01J 29/18 (2013.01); B01J 29/80 (2013.01); B01J 35/613 (2024.01); B01J 37/0009 (2013.01); C07C 6/126 (2013.01); C07C 2529/40 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for converting a feedstock comprising C8+ aromatics, comprising:
contacting the feedstock and optionally hydrogen with a catalyst composition under conversion conditions in a reactor comprising at least one fixed catalyst bed of the catalyst composition to produce a converted product mixture, wherein the catalyst composition comprises:
(i) a mixture of ZSM-11 and mordenite, having a weight ratio of the ZSM-11 to mordenite ranging from 0.25 to 1.2; and
(ii) a combination of Pt and Sn, having a molar ratio of the Sn to Pt ranging from 1.0 to 10.