Process for producing fatty alcohols by hydrogenation of fatty acid triglycerides on a copper-containing heterogeneous catalyst

US8946490B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Daniela Mirk · Speyer, DE
• Roman Prochazka · Mannheim, DE
• Jochem Henkelmann · Mannheim, DE
• Markus Hölzle · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Daniela Herzberg · Sion, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C29/177
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing fatty alcohols, in which a stream comprising at least one fatty acid triglyceride is provided and this stream is subjected to a hydrogenation in the presence of a heterogeneous copper catalyst.