Patent ID: 6281162
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B01J,C07C

Abstract:
A method for malting an olefin isomerization catalyst comprising:providing a dried support having a surface area of at least about 50 m.sup.2 /g; andmixing an elemental alkali metal with said dried support under conditions effective to produce a mixture comprising a dispersion of said alkali metal on said dried support, wherein said alkali metal has a melting point and said conditions comprise a temperature higher than said melting point and said conditions further comprise simultaneous exposure of said elemental alkali metal and said dried support to a gas mixture includes from 0.001 vol % to 10 vol % of oxygen and a remainder of inert gases to provide a total amount of said oxygen in said gas mixture at a molar ratio to said elemental alkali metal from about 0.05-to-1.0 to about 1.0-to-1.0.