Catalyst and method for hydrogenating carbonyl compounds

US7084312B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Sylvia Huber · Zwingenberg, DE
• Michael Jolyon Sprague · Mannheim, DE
• Boris Breitscheidel · Fulda, DE
• Joachim Wulff-Doring · Bischofswerda, DE
• Michael Hesse · Westlake Village, US
• Rolf Pinkos · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Shelue Liang · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Otto Kumberger · Mannheim, DE
• Marc Walter · Bischofswerda, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C29/149
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the hydrogenation of an organic compound containing at least one carbonyl group comprises bringing the organic compound in the presence of hydrogen into contact with a shaped body which can be produced by a process in which