Patent ID: 9636659
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B01J,C07C,Y02P

Claim:
1. A composition comprising: an inorganic support comprising an oxide of a metal or metalloid; a halide; and at least one catalytically active metal, wherein the inorganic support has pores, a total pore volume, and a pore size distribution; wherein the pore size distribution displays at least two peaks of pore diameters, each peak having a maximum; wherein a first peak has a first maximum of pore diameters of from greater than 1,000 nm to about 6,000 nm; wherein a second peak has a second maximum of pore diameters of less than about 120 nm; and wherein greater than or equal to about 15% of the total pore volume of the inorganic support is contained within the first peak of pore diameters.