Process for reacting an organic compound in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst

US6388149B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Thomas Ruhl · Bischofswerda, DE
• Boris Breitscheidel · Fulda, DE
• Jochem Henkelmann · Mannheim, DE
• Andreas Henne · Neustadt, DE
• Rolf Lebkucher · Mannheim, DE
• Konrad Knoll · Mannheim, DE
• Paul Naegele · Schifferstadt, DE
• Hermann Gausepohl · Mutterstadt, DE
• Sabine Weiguny · Freinsheim, DE
• Norbert Niessner · Friedelsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2000
• Grant date: May 14, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J35/66
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the reaction of an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising, as active metal, ruthenium alone or together with at least one Group Ib, VIIb, or VIIIb metal in an amount of from 0.01 to 30 wt %, based on the total weight of the catalyst, applied to a support, wherein from 10 to 50% of the pore volume of the support comprises macropores having a pore diameter in the range of from 50 nm to 10,000 nm and from 50 to 90% of the pore volume of the support comprises mesopores having a pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm, the sum of said pore volumes being 100%, and said catalyst as such.