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US009221727B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.221,727 B2 Cheung et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 29, 2015 (54) SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION CATALYST USPC .......... 585/269,277: 502/162, 164, 262,327, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING 502/328,330, 333,339, 439 SAME See application file for complete search history. (56) References Cited (71) Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, The Woodlands, TX (US) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (72) Inventors: Tin-Tack Peter Cheung, Kingwood, TX 3,463,830 A 8/1969 Dunning et al. (US); Zongxuan Hong, Houston, TX 3,625,755 A 12, 1971 Potrafike (US) (Continued) (73) Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS LP, The Woodlands, TX (US) CN 1422695 A 6, 2003 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this CN 1425,637 A 6, 2003 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (Continued) U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl. 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No. 8,633,127. pound, the Supported hydrogenation catalyst being capable of (60) Provisional application No. 61/157,491, filed on Mar. selectively hydrogenating highly unsaturated hydrocarbons 4, 2009. to unsaturated hydrocarbons. A method of making a selective hydrogenation catalyst comprising contacting a Support with (51) Int. C. a palladium-containing compound to form a palladium Sup C07C 5/10 (2006.01) ported composition, contacting the palladium Supported BOI.3L/00 (2006.01) composition with an organophosphorus compound to form a (Continued) catalyst precursor, and reducing the catalyst precursor to form the catalyst. A method of selectively hydrogenating highly (52) U.S. C. unsaturated hydrocarbons to an unsaturated hydrocarbon CPC. 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