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Catalytic hydrogenation over rhenium-containing catalysts supported on activated carbon

US7172989B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Rolf Fischer · Heidelberg, DE
Rolf Pinkos · Bad Dürkheim, DE
Stephan Schunk · Heidelberg, DE
Joachim Wulff-Doring · Bischofswerda, DE
Frank Stein · Bad Dürkheim, DE
Thomas Nöbel · Schifferstadt, DE
Sylvia Huber · Zwingenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 13, 2005
Grant date	Feb 6, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07C2601/20
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a process for preparing alcohols by catalytic hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds over a catalyst comprising rhenium on activated carbon, the catalyst used comprises rhenium (calculated as metal) in a weight ratio to the activated carbon of from 0.0001 to 0.5, platinum (calculated as metal) in a weight ratio to the activated carbon of from 0.0001 to 0.5 and, if appropriate, at least one further metal selected from among Zn, Cu, Ag, Au, Ni, Fe, Ru, Mn, Cr, Mo, W and V in a weight ratio to the activated carbon of from 0 to 0.25, and the activated carbon has been nonoxidatively pretreated. It is also possible to prepare ethers and lactones if the hydrogen pressure is not more than 25 bar. In this case, the activated carbon in the catalyst may also have been nonoxidatively pretreated.

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