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AssigneeExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorsStuart Soled, Andrzel Malek, James Vartuli, Jennifer Feeley, Sabato Miseo, Luo Shifang, Richard Schlosberg, Joseph Baumgartner, Christine Kliewer, Steven Ragomo
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The present invention is directed to a process for hydrogenating one or more organic compounds especially unsaturated organic compounds by bringing the compound into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises one or more catalytically active metals applied to a porous catalyst support. The one or more catalytically active metals having been derived via a decomposed organic complex of the metal on the support, in particular amine complexes of the metal. The decomposed complex may be treated with hydrogen to activate the catalyst before use as a hydrogenation catalyst.
A process for hydrogenating an organic compound, which process comprises bringing the organic compound into contact, under hydrogenation conditions, with a source of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising one or more catalytically active metal sites located on a catalyst support and recovering the hydrogenation products, wherein at least one of the catalytically active metal sites has been obtained via the partial decomposition on the support of a complex of the metal and a nitrogen-containing organic compound selected from (i) amino acids and (ii) compounds containing both an amino group and an alcohol group, partial decomposition having been carried out such that new vibration bands appear in the infra red spectrum of the complex at between 2100-2200 cm−1.
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