Selective Dehydrogenation and Dealkylation Catalyst for Conversion of Toluene to Benzene
Detol™
Änderungsdatum :
Februar 06, 2026
Detol™ is a high-performance catalyst designed for selective dehydrogenation and dealkylation of toluene to benzene. Thanks to the catalyst’s high aromatic selectivity, petrochemical producers benefit from excellent product purity, with benzene content in the end-product exceeding 99.93 wt%. Detol is designed for use in an economical, single-step process, which eliminates the need for separate hydrotreating to reduce olefin or sulfur content in feedstock.
Our complete range of catalysts for dehydrogenation and dealkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons to benzene includes:
Detol™ for toluene to benzene
Litol™ for light oil to benzene
Pyrotol™ for pyrolysis petrol to benzene
Detol, Litol and Pyrotol technologies are exclusively licensed by our process partner, Lummus Technology, while the catalysts are solely produced and supplied by Clariant.
Product Information
Benefits
- High aromatic selectivity: Higher product rate for a given feedstock
- Single step process: Eliminates need for separate hydrotreating steps to reduce olefin or sulfur content in feedstock; reduces cost
- Lower operating temperature: Eliminates need for sulfur injections for metal passivation; Allows use of lower alloy metals
- No coking in heat exchange system: Low maintenance costs; eliminates aromatics saturated solid waste material
- High value product: Highest product purity exceeding 99.93 wt%
- Single step process
- Lower operating temperature than thermal processes
- No coking in heat exchange system
- Extremely high product purity
- Feedstock flexibility
