Porous catalyst for the hydrogenation of maleic anhydride to tetrahydrofuran

US6888011B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Holger Borchert · Offstein, DE
• Stephan Schlitter · Schifferstadt, DE
• Markus Rösch · Oppenheim, DE
• Rolf Fischer · Heidelberg, DE
• Ralf-Thomas Rahn · Mannheim, DE
• Alexander Weck · Freinsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2001
• Grant date: May 3, 2005
• Expiry date: May 2, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J37/0018
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A hydrogenation catalyst which is suitable, in particular, for the hydrogenation of maleic anhydride and its derivatives to THF or its derivatives comprises copper oxide and at least one further metal or compound thereof, preferably an oxide, selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Zn, La, Ce, the elements of groups IIIA to VIIIA and the elements of groups IA and IIA and having a pore volume of ≧0.01 ml/g for pore diameters of >50 nm and a ratio of the pore volume of macropores having a diameter of >50 nm to the total pore volume for pores having a diameter of >4 nm of >10%.