PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF STYRENE AND/OR A SUBSTITUTED STYRENE

摘要

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of styrene and/or a substituted styrene from a feed containing 1-phenylethanol and 2-phenylethanol and/or a substituted 1-phenylethanol and a substituted 2-phenylethanol, comprising a gas phase dehydration of the feed at elevated temperature in the presence of a catalyst comprising particles of alumina having a multimodal pore size distribution.