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US 5,334,769 AGranted
Process for the synthesis of aldehydes and their derivatives
AssigneeRhone-Poulenc Chimie
InventorsRose-Marie Ferrero, Roland Jacquot
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of aldehydes by hydrogen reduction of carboxylic acids, esters or anhydrides, characterized in that the reduction is conducted in the vapour phase, in the presence of a bimetallic catalyst of the ruthenium/tin type.
Claims42
A process for the preparation of aldehydes and their derivatives by hydrogen reduction of carboxylic acids, esters or anhydrides, comprising reducing said carboxylic acids, esters or anhydrides in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of bimetallic ruthenium-tin catalyst.
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