Claims
- 1. An improved catalyst composition comprising, in combination, a support material containing (i) alkali metal sulfide, alkali metal bisulfide, alkali metal hydroxide or salt of an alkali metal derived from an acid having an ionization constant less than 1 .times. 10.sup.-.sup.3, (ii) a hydrogenation-dehydrogenation component selected from the group consisting of (a) a non-noble metal composition comprising an oxide or a sulfide of vanadium, molybdenum, tungsten, cobalt, tantalum or niobium or mixtures thereof of (b) mixtures of non-noble metal materials comprising an oxide or a sulfide of vanadium, molybdenum, tungsten, cobalt, tantalum or niobium or mixtures thereof with an oxide or a sulfide of nickel, iron or chromium or mixtures thereof, and (iii) a halogen moiety, the weight ratio of said hydrogenation-dehydrogenation component to said alkali metal sulfide, bisulfide, hydroxide or salt, each calculated on the basis of the oxide thereof, being less than about 10:1.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein said halogen moiety is chlorine.
- 3. The composition of claim 1 wherein said alkali metal salt is an alkali metal carbonate.
- 4. The composition of claim 2 wherein said alkali metal salt is potassium carbonate.
- 5. The composition of claim 2 wherein said hydrogenation-dehydrogenation component is a mixture of cobalt oxide and molybdenum oxide or a mixture of cobalt sulfide and molybdenum sulfide.
- 6. The composition of claim 2 wherein said support is alumina.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED CASES
This is a division of application Ser. No. 235,178, filed Mar. 16, 1972, now abandoned.
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