Process for the hydrogenation of acetylenic alcohols

US5015788A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Herbert Toussaint · Bischofswerda, DE
• Juergen Schossig
• Heinz Graefje · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Wolfgang Reiss · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Roland Spahl · Lorsch, DE
• Matthias Irgang · Heidelberg, DE
• Walter Himmel
• Gerhard Koppenhoefer · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 1990
• Grant date: May 14, 1991
• Expiry date: Apr 2, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C29/172
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of saturated alcohols by catalytic hydrogenation of acetylenic alcohols at a temperature of from 50.degree. to 200.degree. C. and under a pressure of from 30 to 320 bar, wherein the catalyst used has a content of from 20 to 75% of nickel oxide, from 10 to 75% of zirconium dioxide and from 5 to 50% of copper oxide, by weight of the oxidic, unreduced catalyst.