Inventors:
Paul G. Rodewald - Rocky Hill NJ
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation - New York NY
International Classification:
C07C 120
C07C 1102
Abstract:
A catalytic process is provided for converting lower monohydric alcohols and their ethers, especially methanol and dimethyl ether, to a hydrocarbon mixture rich in C. sub. 2 -C. sub. 3 olefins, by contact, under conversion conditions, with a catalyst comprising a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite having a silica to alumina mole ratio of at least about 12, a constraint index, as hereinafter defined, within the approximate range of 1 to 12 and containing, in cationic form, between about 0. 01 and about 1. 9 milliequivalents per gram of one or more metals characterized by an ionic radius exceeding 1 Angstrom.