Selective ring opening of naphthenic molecules

GB McVicker, M Daage, MS Touvelle, CW Hudson…

Index: McVicker; Daage; Touvelle; Hudson; Klein; Baird Jr.; Cook; Chen; Hantzer; Vaughan; Ellis; Feeley Journal of Catalysis, 2002 , vol. 210, # 1 p. 137 - 148

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Abstract

Ring opening as practiced in hydrocracking of naphthenic molecules results from multiple cleavages of both endo-and exocyclic C–C bonds. Selective ring opening requires that only one endocyclic C–C bond per naphthene ring be severed, preserving thereby reactant molecular weight. The products of selective ring opening are alkanes and alkylnaphthenes. Over hydrocracking catalysts the yield of alkanes with the same number of carbon atoms ...