Patent ID: 8864980

Claim:
A method for selectively treating hindered sulfur species from a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon feed, the method comprising: providing a multimetallic amine oxide catalyst having the formula (T1) x (T2) (1-x) (am) a (M6)O b , where T1 is a first row transition metal from Group VIII of the Periodic Table of Elements, where T2 is a first row transition metal from Group VIIB and/or Group VIII of the Periodic Table of Elements that is different from T1, where M6 is molybdenum and/or tungsten, where “am” is an organic amine ligand, where “x” is a relative molar amount of T1 such that 0<x≦1, where “a” is a relative molar amount of the organic amine ligand such that 1≦a≦6, and where “b” is a relative molar amount of the oxygen and 3≦b≦5; sulfiding the multimetallic amine oxide catalyst using a sulfiding composition and sulfiding conditions in the liquid phase in order to activate the catalyst for selective hydrodesulfurization; hydrotreating a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon feed having at least 25 wppm of hindered sulfur species, in the presence of hydrogen, under first effective hydrotreating conditions sufficient to selectively hydrodesulfurize the hindered sulfur species in the feed, so as to attain a treated hydrocarbon feed having no more than 10 wppm of hindered sulfur species and having 30 wppm or less total sulfur content.