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US 5,965,751 AGranted
Process for hydrogenation of dihydrofurans to give tetrahydrofurans
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsFranz Josef Brocker, Rolf Fischer, Gerd Kaibel, Rolf Pinkos
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Abstract
In a process for the catalytic hydrogenation of 2,5- and 2,3-dihydrofuran with hydrogen to give tetrahydrofuran, use is made of a catalyst in which a metal or a plurality of metals have been deposited by vapor deposition or sputtering on a metal wire mesh or a metal foil as support.
Claims12
A process of hydrogenation, comprising:
- hydrogenating 2,5- and 2,3-dihydrofuran with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst prepared by vapor depositing or sputtering at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the transition metals of Groups I, VII and VIII of the Periodic Table on a support of a metal wire mesh or metal foil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.