US 7,456,125 B2
	Ethylbenzene conversion and xylene isomerization processes and catalysts therefor
Paula L. Bogdan, Des Plaines, Ill. (US); Patrick C. Whitchurch, Shreveport, La. (US); Robert B. Larson, Des Plaines, Ill. (US); James E. Rekoske, Guildford (United Kingdom); Dimitri A. Trufanov, Des Plaines, Ill. (US); Victor C. Patton, Riverside, Ill. (US); and Suheil F. Abdo, Des Plaines, Ill. (US)
Assigned to UOP LLC, Des Plaines, Ill. (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/769,041.
Application 11/769041 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/225976, filed on Sep. 14, 2005, granted, now 7,301,064.
Prior Publication US 2007/0259780 A1, Nov. 08, 2007
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01J 29/06 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 502—77  [502/78; 502/79]

5 Claims

1. A catalyst comprising from 2 to 90 mass-% of molecular sieve having a pore diameter of from about 4 to 8 angstroms and a molybdenum hydrogenation component present in an amount from about 0.1 to about 5 mass-% molybdenum (elemental basis) which has been subjected to sufficient sulfiding so that the catalyst, under Evaluation Conditions, exhibits an ethylbenzene conversion of at least 75 mass-% and a para-xylene to total xylene mass ratio of at least about 0.233:1.