Catalyst for the production of an alcohol and/or a carboxylic acid ester by hydrogenation of a carboxylic acid
US4826795A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 5, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 2, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S502/525
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An alcohol and/or a carboxylic acid ester is (are) produced from a C.sub.2 to C.sub.12 carboxylic acid by contacting the carboxylic acid at elevated temperature and pressure with hydrogen in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst characterized in that the catalyst comprises a first component which is either molybdenum or tungsten and a second component which is a noble metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, optionally on a support, for example a high surface area graphitized carbon.
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