Method for producing alcohols by hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds

US6486366B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Daniel Ostgard · Kleinostheim, DE
• Monika Berweiler · Maintal, DE
• Stefan Röder · Koblenzer Straße, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07B2200/07
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for preparation of alcohols by catalytic hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds with hydrogen or hydrogen-containing gases in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst of Raney type, where the catalyst is used in the form of hollow bodies, Preferred as catalytically active components are nickel, cobalt, copper, iron, platinum, palladium or ruthenium.