Ethanol production from acetic acid utilizing a cobalt catalyst
US7608744B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E50/30
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the selective production of ethanol by vapor phase reaction of acetic acid over a hydrogenating catalyst composition to form ethanol is disclosed and claimed. In an embodiment of this invention reaction of acetic acid and hydrogen over either cobalt and palladium supported on graphite or cobalt and platinum supported on silica selectively produces ethanol in a vapor phase at a temperature of about 250° C.
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