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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6933417 | Process for vinyl chloride manufacture from ethane and ethylene with partial CHl recovery from reactor effluent A process for producing vinyl chloride monomer from ethylene and ethane having input of significant quantities of both ethane and ethylene in input streams to the affiliated reactor where hydrogen chloride in the reactor effluent is only partially recovered from the... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6909024 | Process for the conversion of ethylene to vinyl chloride and novel catalyst compositions useful for such process This invention is a process for producing vinyl chloride from an ethylene-containing feed, oxygen, and a chlorine source in the presence of a catalyst. The process permits direct production of vinyl chloride in a single reactor system, and further permits ethane to ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6489258 | Synthesis and application of vapor grafted porous materials This invention provides an article, compositions, methods of making and uses of vapor-deposited metal compounds immobilized on porous substrates. The substrate is a porous substrate having an average pore size of at least about 8 Å and a surface area of ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6274761 | Process for the preparation of sulphonated distyryl-biphenyl compounds A process for the preparation of sulphonated distyryl-biphenyl compounds of formula (1), in which R1 and R2, independently, are hydrogen, C1 -C5 -alkyl, C1 -C5 -alkyl or halogen, and M repr... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6187984 | Dehydrogenation of n-butane to butenes A catalyst composition suitable for the conversion of n-butane to butenes. The same catalyst composition that with chlorination is further suitable, when used in the conversion of n-butane, for the production of an increased amount of BTX (benzene-toluene... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5705728 | Process for the production of ethylene and mixture containing ethylene The present invention provides an efficient process for the production of ethylene or a mixture of ethylene and vinyl chloride, in which some 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) may also be produced, by reacting chlorine with ethane. The process is characterized by ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5663472 | Production of alkenes A process for reacting ethane with chlorine to produce a mixture of ethylene and vinyl chloride is disclosed. The process involves the intimate mixing of ethane and chlorine in an ethane to chlorine ratio of at least about 0.9:1 at a temperature such that... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5498800 | Ultrasonic process A process is disclosed for obtaining a compound of the formula Ar-Z II where Ar, R1 and R2 are defined in the specification and Z is --C(R3).dbd.CH2 or --CH(R3 | 03/12/1996 |
| 5430215 | Selective hydrodechlorination of 1,2,3-trichloropropane to produce propylene A process for hydrodechlorinating 1,2,3-trichloropropane to produce propylene in preference to propane, comprising reacting 1,2,3-trichloropropane and hydrogen in the presence of a Group VIII metal on carbon catalyst, and especially a platinum on carbon c... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5268525 | Process and apparatus for converting saturated hydrocarbons The invention relates to the conversion of saturated hydrocarbons. According to the invention a first gas containing chlorine and a second gas containing hydrogen are introduced into a chamber (3) so as to mix them. At the exit (4) of this chamber (3) the mixt... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5210357 | Composition of matter and method of oxidative conversion of organic compounds therewith A solid composition of matter selected from the group consisting of: (a) a component comprising: (1) an oxide of lanthanum and a component comprising: (2) at least one material selected from the group consisting of halogen ions, compounds containing halogen io... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5210358 | Catalyst composition and process for the preparation of ethylene from ethane Solid solution catalyst in particulate form consisting of attrition resistant -Al2 03 particles with 0.5 to 10% by weight, expressed as the oxide, of iron cations substituted for aluminum cations in said catalyst support stabi... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5118899 | Composition of matter and method of oxidative conversion of organic compounds therewith Compositions of matter particularly useful for the oxidative conversion of feed organic compounds to produce organic compounds include combination of Group IIA, zinc, titanium and Lanthanum Series base materials and, optionally, Group IA and/or halogen pr... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5087791 | Process for the preparation of ethylene and vinyl chloride from ethane in the presence of water Ethylene is prepared in an oxydehydrogenation reaction of ethane by contacting a charge amount of ethane, an oxygen source, a chlorine source and water in the presence of a solid solution catalyst at an effective temperature. A low yield of vinyl chloride... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5077446 | Methane conversion A method for the oxidative conversion of methane, at a high conversion and high selectivity to ethylene and ethane, in which a methane-containing gas, such as a natural gas, and an oxygen-containing gas are contacted with a contact material comprising lit... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5073657 | Vapor phase modifiers for oxidative coupling Volatilized metal compounds retard vapor phase alkane conversion reactions in oxidative coupling processes that convert lower alkanes to higher hydrocarbons.... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5073656 | High ethylene to ethane processes for oxidative coupling Oxidative coupling of lower alkane to higher hydrocarbon is conducted using catalyst comprising barium and/or strontium component and a metal oxide combustion promoter in the presence of vapor phase halogen component. High ethylene to ethane mole ratios i... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4918257 | Catalytic conversion of methane to higher hydrocarbons A process for making ethylene, ethane and other higher hydrocarbons from methane is disclosed. In this process methane is contacted with oxygen in the presence of at least one metal of Group IB of the Periodic Table of the Elements, with the proviso that ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4772695 | Process for the preparation of vinyl carbamates A process for the preparation of vinyl carbamates of formula I ##STR1## is described which comprises heating an -halogeno-carbamate of formula II ##STR2## in which X is a halogen atom at a temperature between 70° and 250° C. for a ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4769504 | Process for converting light alkanes to higher hydrocarbons A process is disclosed for the production of aromatic-rich, gasoline boiling range hydrocarbons from the lower alkanes, particularly from methane. The process is carried out in two stages. In the first, alkane is reacted with oxygen and hydrogen chloride ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4658077 | Composition of matter and method of oxidative conversion of organic compounds therewith A solid composition of matter is disclosed consisting essentially of sodium, potassium, a Group IA metal or a Group IA metal and a Group IIA metal, titanium, oxygen and, optionally, at least one of a halogen and tin, in which at least one of the sodium, t... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4654460 | Methane conversion Methane is converted to higher hydrocarbons, paticularly ethylene and ethane, and most desirably ethylene, by: contacting a feed comprising methane, such as natural gas, and a free oxygen containing gas, such as oxygen or air, with a solid contact materia... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4620057 | Methane conversion A method for the oxidative conversion of a feed material comprising methane, such as natural gas, to higher hydrocarbons, particularly ethylene and ethane and desirably ethylene, in which feed is contacted with a solid contact material comprising cobalt; ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4371730 | Dehydrogenation of organic compounds with a zinc silicate catalyst The catalytic dehydrogenation of at least one dehydrogenatable organic compound which has at least one ##STR1## grouping is carried out in the presence of a zinc silicate catalyst and in the substantial absence of free oxygen.... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4199533 | Conversion of methane A method for chemically converting methane gas into higher molecular weight hydrocarbons by using chlorine gas as a recyclable, active catalyst.... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4051193 | Process for producing ethylene from ethane Process and apparatus are provided for producing ethylene by the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane wherein ethane is introduced to a cylindrical jet reactor wherein the ethane is reacted at elevated temperatures with a gas mixture containing oxygen and ... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4044068 | Process and apparatus for autothermic cracking of ethane to ethylene Process is provided for producing ethylene by the oxidative dehydrogenation ethane wherein a gas containing ethane is passed to a first elongated reaction zone, and a gas mixture containing oxygen and chlorine is passed into a second elongated gas zone po... | 08/23/1977 |
| 3987119 | Production of vinyl chloride from ethane A process is disclosed for the production of ethylene dichloride from ethane. Ethane is introduced into an autothermic (self-sustaining) cracking zone together with controlled proportions of chlorine and oxygen. The autothermic cracking zone is maintained... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3931351 | Modification of iron and barium ferrite catalysts Catalysts comprising ferrites of iron modified with oxides of cerium, zinc, manganese and lead and ferrites of barium modified with oxides of zinc, manganese and lead and a process of oxidative dehydrogenation of organic compounds in the presence of these... | 01/06/1976 |