Supported catalyst and the process for preparing the same

US6504039B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Markus Weisbeck
• Ernst-Ulrich Dorf · Krefeld, DE
• Gerhard Wegener · Mettmann, DE
• Christoph Schild · Leverkusen, DE
• Bernhard Lucke · Berlin, DE
• Herbert Dilcher · Rangsdorf, DE
• Ulrich Schulke · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2003
• Expiry date: May 15, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/931
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to supported catalysts which are composed of titanium oxide hydrates coated with nanoscale gold particles. The catalysts of the present invention have increased activity over known catalysts.