Method for the production of alcohols on rhenium-containing activated charcoal supported catalysts

US6765118B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Rolf Fischer · Heidelberg, DE
• Rolf Pinkos · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Stephan Schunk · Heidelberg, DE
• Joachim Wulff-Doring · Bischofswerda, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 20, 2004
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2601/18
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In a process for the preparation of alcohols by catalytic hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds, the catalyst used is 0.01 to 50% by weight of rhenium and 0 to 20% by weight, in each case based on the total weight of the catalyst, of at least one further metal chosen from Zn, Cu, Ag, Au, Ni, Fe, Cr, V on oxidatively pretreated activated carbon as support.