Patent ID: 8119557
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: B01J,C07C

Abstract:
1. A method for making a catalyst composition, comprising: (a) adding an amount of hydroxide, oxide, or carbonate of an alkali metal to an aqueous solution of a hydrogen halide and reacting to form an aqueous solution of an alkali metal halide; (b) adding an amount of a hydroxide, oxide, or carbonate of a bivalent metal to an aqueous solution of hydrogen fluoride and reacting to form a precipitate of a bivalent metal fluoride; (c) admixing the alkali metal halide solution and the bivalent metal fluoride precipitate to form an aqueous slurry; and (d) removing water from the aqueous slurry to form a solid mass, wherein the alkali metal halide is represented by the formula MX; M is an alkali metal ion selected from the group consisting of Li