Catalyst extrudates based on copper oxide and their use for hydrogenating carbonyl compounds

US7459571B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Stephan Schlitter · Schifferstadt, DE
• Olga Schubert · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Michael Hesse · Westlake Village, US
• Sabine Borchers · Erlenbach bei Kandel, DE
• Markus Roesch · Dienheim, DE
• Rolf Pinkos · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Alexander Weck · Freinsheim, DE
• Gunther Windecker · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 2, 2008
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/584
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Catalyst in the form of an extrudate which comprises from 5 to 85% by weight of copper oxide and in which the same oxidic support material is present in the active composition and as binder, and the use of the catalyst for the hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds.