abstract |
A catalyst having coke wherein the coke, upon analysis by infrared spectroscopy in diffuse reflection, has at least two peaks at a wavelength between 1450 cm−1 and 1700 cm−1.The aforesaid catalyst having coke can be advantageously used in a process for the production of a diene, preferably a conjugated diene, more preferably 1,3-butadiene, said process having the dehydration of at least one alkenol having a number of carbon atoms greater than or equal to 4.Preferably, the alkenol having a number of carbon atoms greater than or equal to 4 can be obtained directly from biosynthetic processes, or through catalytic dehydration processes of at least one diol.When the alkenol is a butenol, the diol is preferably a butanediol, more preferably 1,3-butanediol, even more preferably bio-1,3-butanediol, i.e. 1,3-butanediol deriving from biosynthetic processes.When the diol is 1,3-butanediol, or bio-1,3-butanediol, the diene obtained with the process is, respectively, 1,3-butadiene, or bio-1,3-butadiene. |