Acid-resistant catalysts for the direct hydrogenation of fatty acids to fatty alcohols

US4855273A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Joachim Pohl · Lüdenscheid, DE
• Franz-Josef Carduck · Haan, DE
• Gerd Goebel · Erkrath, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 1988
• Grant date: Aug 8, 1989
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S502/524
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Process for the production of a new copper (II) chromite spinel catalyst using colloidal silica gel and to its use for the direct fixed-bed hydrogenation of fatty acids to fatty alcohols of corresponding chain length.