Method for the hydrogenation of mass fluxes containing aldehyde

US7754925B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Rolf Pinkos · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Gerd-Dieter Tebben · Mannheim, DE
• Alexander Hauk · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Christian Mueller · Wiesbaden, DE
• Harald Rust · Bochum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 11, 2006
• Grant date: Jul 13, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C45/85
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present application relates to a process for reacting a composition I comprising at least one aldehyde with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in at least one main reactor and at least one postreactor, wherein at least 50% of the fresh hydrogen fed to the reaction system is fed into at least one postreactor. In a preferred embodiment, composition I comprises at least one further organic compound.