Hydrogenation catalyst based on a platinum metal partially poisoned with finely divided sulfur

US5496789A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Franz-Josef Weiss · Schifferstadt, DE
• Hugo Fuchs · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Gerald Neubauer · Weinheim, DE
• Heinz-Walter Schneider · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 1994
• Grant date: Mar 5, 1996
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C01B21/1418
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A hydrogenation catalyst, obtainable by carrying out essentially the following steps: (a) treatment of a platinum metal salt with finely divided sulfur followed by (b) reduction of the platinum metal salt to metallic platinum metal.