A process for the selective hydrogenation of one or more alkyne and/or one
or more diene in an olefin-containing hydrocarbon feed includes
contacting the hydrocarbon feed with a catalyst under selective
hydrogenation conditions, the catalyst including from about 0.01 to about
0.1 weight percent palladium and from about 0.005 to about 0.6 weight
percent of at least one Group IB metal incorporated into an inorganic
support, wherein the surface area of the support is from about 2 to about
20 m.sup.2/g, the pore volume is greater than about 0.4 cc/g, at least
about 90% of the pore volume is contained in pores with pore diameters
larger than about 500 .ANG., and the pore volume of the pores with a pore
diameter from about 500 to about 1,000 .ANG. comprise from about 1% to
about 2% of the total pore volume.