Patent · US Expired

Preparation of sugar alcohols

US6177598A · kind A · utility

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4Claims

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Melanie Brunner · Schifferstadt, DE
Boris Breitscheidel · Fulda, DE
Jochem Henkelmann · Mannheim, DE
Arnd Bottcher · Bischofswerda, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 1, 1999
Grant date	Jan 23, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07C29/132
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the hydrogenation of a sugar or a mixture of two or more thereof comprises the following step: PA1 Bringing the sugar or the mixture of two or more thereof into contact with hydrogen in the presence of specific catalysts to give a sugar alcohol or a mixture of two or more thereof, wherein the catalyst comprises at least one metal of transition group VIII of the Periodic Table, either alone or together with at least one metal of transition group I or VII of the Periodic Table.

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