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US 4,048,116 AGranted
Catalyst for the hydrogenation of acetylene alcohols
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsDieter Voges, Karl Baer, Juergen Boudier, Siegfried Winderl, Herwig Hoffmann
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Abstract
An improved catalyst for the complete hydrogenation of acetylenically unsaturated alcohols and based on nickel, copper and manganese. The catalyst is used without a support and molybdenum is additionally included in an amount approximately equal to the content of manganese.
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An essentially unsupported nickel catalyst which comprises nickel as the main ingredient, from about 30 to 40% by weight of copper, based on nickel, and from about 1 to 10% by weight of a mixture of manganese and molybdenum oxides, based on the total weight of the catalyst.
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