Patent ID: 8592340

Claim:
A catalyst composition comprising: (a) a sulfonated ion exchange resin; and (b) a metal alloy, present in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 20 wt. %, wherein the metal alloy comprises at least two of the metals selected from the following: palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), rhodium (Rh), iridium (It), ruthenium (Ru), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), aluminum (Al), gold (Au), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), silicon (Si), silver (Ag), lead (Pb), tin (Sn), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), mercury (Hg), antimony (Sb), tungsten (W), hafnium (I-If), cadmium (Cd), tin (Sn), zirconium (Zr), osmium (Os) and arsenic (As), and wherein the catalyst is, made by a process comprising: (i) loading the resin by contacting the resin with a solution containing two or more moieties selected from salts, complexes, and mixtures thereof of said metals, and (ii) then reducing the metals to zero valent state by exposing the loaded resin to hydrogen, sodium borohydrate, hydrazine, or ethylene glycol; wherein the process deposits the metal alloy in the catalyst.