In a process for producing cyclohexylbenzene, benzene and hydrogen are fed to at least one reaction zone comprising a catalyst system which comprises a molecular sieve and at least one hydrogenation metal. The MCM-22 family molecular sieve having an X-ray diffraction pattern including d-spacing maxi
In a process for producing cyclohexylbenzene, benzene and hydrogen are fed to at least one reaction zone comprising a catalyst system which comprises a molecular sieve and at least one hydrogenation metal. The MCM-22 family molecular sieve having an X-ray diffraction pattern including d-spacing maxima at 12.4±0.25, 6.9±0.15, 3.57±0.07 and 3.42±0.07 Angstrom, and the hydrogenation metal is selected from the group consisting of palladium, ruthenium, nickel, zinc, tin, cobalt, and combinations of any two or more thereof. Hydroalkylation conditions of temperature and pressure are selected to produce a hydroalkylation conversion in a range of from about 15% to about 75% The benzene and hydrogen are then contacted in the at least one reaction zone under said selected hydroalkylation condition to produce an effluent containing cyclohexylbenzene.
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1. A process for producing cyclohexylbenzene, the process comprising: (a) feeding benzene and hydrogen to at least one reaction zone comprising a catalyst system, said catalyst system comprising a MCM-22 family molecular sieve and at least one hydrogenation metal, said MCM-22 family molecular sieve
1. A process for producing cyclohexylbenzene, the process comprising: (a) feeding benzene and hydrogen to at least one reaction zone comprising a catalyst system, said catalyst system comprising a MCM-22 family molecular sieve and at least one hydrogenation metal, said MCM-22 family molecular sieve having an X-ray diffraction pattern including d-spacing maxima at 12.4±0.25, 6.9±0.15, 3.57±0.07 and 3.42±0.07 Angstrom;(b) adjusting hydroalkylation conditions for said at least one reaction zone to produce a hydroalkylation conversion in a range of from about 15% to about 75% wherein said hydroalkylation conditions include a hydroalkylation temperature within the range of from about 125° C. to about 175° C. and a hydroalkylation pressure within the range of from about 125 psig (862 kPag) to about 175 psig (1227 kPag), such that the selectivity to cyclohexylbenzene is in a range from about 45% to about 85%; and(c) contacting said benzene and said hydrogen in said reaction zone wherein the ratio of the total number of moles of hydrogen fed to the at least one reaction zone to the total number of moles of benzene fed to the at least one reaction zone is from about 0.45 to about 0.95. 2. The process of claim 1, wherein said hydroalkylation conditions of temperature is in the range of from about 135° C. to about 165° C. 3. The process of claim 1, wherein said hydroalkylation conditions of pressure is in the range of from about 931 kPag to about 1138 kPa-a. 4. The process of claim 1, wherein said hydroalkylation conditions include a weight hourly space velocity in the range of from about 0.26 hr−1 to less than about 1.35 hr−1. 5. The process of claim 1, wherein said MCM-22 family molecular sieve is selected from the group consisting of MCM-22, PSH-3, SSZ-25, ERB-1, ITQ-1, ITQ-2, MCM-36, MCM-49, MCM-56, UZM-8 and combinations of any two or more thereof. 6. The process of claim 1, wherein said at least one hydrogenation metal is selected from the group consisting of palladium, ruthenium, nickel, zinc, tin, cobalt, and combinations of any two or more thereof. 7. The process of claim 1, wherein said molecular sieve is MCM-49 and said at least one hydrogenation metal is palladium. 8. The process of claim 1, wherein said at least one hydrogenation metal is present in an amount from about 0.05% to about 10% by weight of the catalyst system. 9. The process of claim 1, wherein said benzene is passed through a reactive guard bed to remove at least a portion of reactive impurities, said reactive impurities comprising nitrogen compounds. 10. The process of claim 1, wherein said portion of the hydrogenation metal is supported on an inorganic oxide different from the molecular sieve. 11. The process of claim 10, wherein said inorganic oxide comprises an oxide of at least one element of Groups 2, 4, 13 and 14 of the Periodic Table of Elements. 12. The process of claim 10, wherein said inorganic oxide is selected from the group consisting of alumina, titania, zirconia and combinations of two or more thereof. 13. The process of claim 1, wherein said effluent further comprises dicyclohexylbenzene and at least part of the dicyclohexylbenzene is contacted with additional benzene under transalkylation conditions to produce addition cyclohexylbenzene. 14. The process of claim 1, wherein the benzene conversion is in the range of from about 30% to about 60%. 15. The process of claim 1, further comprising the step of selecting a ratio of the total number of moles of hydrogen fed to the at least one reaction zone to the total number of moles of benzene fed to the at least one reaction zone in a range of from about 0.55 to about 0.75, to produce said hydroalkylation conversion. 16. The process of claim 1, wherein said hydroalkylation conditions of temperature is in the range of from about 145° C. to about 155° C., said hydroalkylation conditions of pressure is in the range of from about 931 kPag to about 1138 kPag. 17. The process of claim 1, wherein said MCM-22 family molecular sieve is selected from the group consisting of MCM-22, PSH-3, SSZ-25, ERB-1, ITQ-1, ITQ-2, MCM-36, MCM-49, MCM-56, UZM-8 and combinations of any two or more thereof, and said at least one hydrogenation metal is selected from the group consisting of palladium, ruthenium, nickel, zinc, tin, cobalt, and combinations of any two or more thereof. 18. The process of claim 1, wherein said at least one reaction zone is a fixed bed reactor. 19. A method for coproducing phenol and cyclohexanone, the method comprising the steps of producing cyclohexylbenzene by the process of claim 1, oxidizing the cyclohexylbenzene to produce cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide and cleaving the cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide to produce phenol and cyclohexanone. 20. A process of claim 1, wherein the step (b) comprises adjusting hydroalkylation conditions for said at least one reaction zone to produce a hydroalkylation conversion in a range of from about 20% to about 30%.
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