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US 6,207,865 B1Granted
Method for the hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsBoris Breitscheidel, Marc Walter, Detlef Kratz, Gerhard Schulz, Manfred Sauerwald
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Abstract
A carbonyl compound or a mixture of two or more carbonyl compounds is catalytically hydrogenated in the presence of a Raney copper catalyst in the form of nuggets.
Claims11
A process for the catalytic hydrogenation of a carbonyl compound or of a mixture of two or more carbonyl compounds in the presence of a Raney copper catalyst, wherein the Raney copper catalyst is employed in the form of nuggets and wherein the nuggets are particles of irregular geometry with a size of 0.5 to 10 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.