Patent ID: 7453017

Claim:
A palladium catalyst consisting of a support and from 0.05 to 2.0% by weight, based on the supported catalyst, of palladium and from 0.035 to 5.2% by weight, based on the supported catalyst, of lanthanum, or from 0.05 to 2.0% by weight, based on the supported catalyst, of palladium, from 0.02 to 1.0% by weight, based on the supported catalyst, of titanium and from 0.0002 to 7.4% by weight, based on the supported catalyst, of potassium, or from 0.05 to 2.0% by weight, based on the supported catalyst, of palladium, from 0.035 to 5.2% by weight, based on the supported catalyst, of lanthanum and from 0.0001 to 0.065% by weight, based on the supported catalyst, of silicon, wherein the rest of the catalyst is the support.