A process for hydrogenating or oxidizing a compound, comprising:
- subjecting the compound to hydrogenation or oxidation conditions in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is a shaped organosiloxane amine copolycondensate, including:
- at least one metal selected from the group consisting of:
- palladium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, and mixtures thereof, wherein the metal or metals are present predominately in elemental form;
- optionally promotors, moderators, or both, wherein the shaped organosiloxane amine copolycondensate includes units of formula (I):
- ##STR19## and at least one member selected from the group consisting of units of formula (II) and units of formula (III), wherein the units of formula (II) are represented as follows:
- ##STR20## and the units of formula (III) are represented as follows:
- Y--R.sup.6 (III),
- wherein R.sup.2 to R.sup.6 are identical or different and signify a group of formula (IV):
- ##STR21## wherein R.sup.7 is bound directly to the nitrogen atom or the group X or the group Y, wherein R.sup.7 is selected from the group consisting of:
- a linear or branched alkylene group with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene group with 5 to 8 carbon atoms and a unit of a formula as follows:
- ##STR22## wherein "n" and "m" are each a number in the range of 0 to 6, wherein n indicates the number of methylene groups in the N, X and Y position and m indicates the number of methylene groups in the Si position;
- R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of:
- formula (IV), H, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5, and C.sub.3 H.sub.7,
- X is selected from the group consisting of:
- --S--, --S.sub.2 --, --S.sub.3 --, --S.sub.4 -- ##STR23## and Y is selected from the group consisting of:
- --CN, --SCN, --SH, --S--CH.sub.3, --S--C.sub.2 H.sub.5, --S--C.sub.3 H.sub.7, --NH.sub.2, --NH--(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --NH.sub.2, --NH--(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --NH--(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --NH.sub.2, --N(CH.sub.3).sub.2, --N(C.sub.2 H.sub.5).sub.2, --N(C.sub.3 H.sub.7).sub.2, ##STR24## wherein R" is selected from the group consisting of:
- H, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and a --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --NR"'.sub.2 group, in which n signifies a number from 1 to 6, and R"' is H or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms,
- wherein the free valences of the oxygen atoms bound to the Si atoms are saturated as in silica skeletons by silicon atoms of further groups of formula IV and/or via the metal atoms in one or several cross-linking binding links selected from the group consisting of formula (V) represented as follows:
- ##STR25## wherein M is selected from the group consisting of:
- an Si, Ti and Zr atom, and R' is selected from the group consisting of:
- a linear or branched alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms and a phenyl group, wherein a ratio of the silicon atoms from the groups of formula (IV) to the metal atoms in the cross-linking binding links (V) is in the range of 1:0 to 1:30 and the copolycondensate is present macroscopiccally as spherical particles having a diameter in the range of 0.01 to 3.0 mm, a specific surface in the range of 0.01 to 1000 m.sup.2 /g, a specific pore volume in the range of 0.01 to 6.5 ml/g and a bulk density in the range of 50 to 1000 g/l.