Alcohols production by hydrogenation of carboxylic acids
US4990655A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 9, 1988 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S502/525
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Ethanol is produced from acetic acid or propanol is produced from propionic acid by contacting either acetic acid or propionic acid in the vapor phase with hydrogen at elevated temperature and a pressure in the range from 1 to 150 bar in the presence of a catalyst comprising as essential components (i) a noble metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and (ii) rhenium, optionally on a support, for example a high surface area graphitized carbon.
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