Method for hydrogenating carbonyl compounds

US6448457B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Michael Hesse · Westlake Village, US
• Detlef Kratz · Heidelberg, DE
• Gerhard Schulz · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Marc Walter · Bischofswerda, DE
• Manfred Sauerwald · Meckenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2002
• Expiry date: Aug 29, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C29/141
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the catalytic hydrogenation of a carbonyl compound or of a mixture of two or more carbonyl compounds in the presence of a catalyst which comprises an inorganic support containing TiO2, and as active component copper or a mixture of copper and at least one of the metals selected from the group of zinc, aluminum, cerium, a noble metal and a group VIII metal, wherein the copper surface area does not exceed 10 m2/g.