Platinum group metal alloy catalysts for hydrogenation of carboxylic acids and their anhydrides to alcohols and/or esters
US5149680A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 1990 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C29/149
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Catalyst composition comprising an alloy of at least one noble metal of group VIII of the Periodic Table and at least one metal capable of alloying with the group VIII noble metal, admixed with a component comprising at least one of the metals rhenium, tungsten or molybdenum, used for producing an alcohol and/or a carboxylic acid ester by reacting hydrogen with a carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof.
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