Method for hydrogenating unsaturated heterocyclic compounds
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsArnd Böttcher, Melanie Brunner, Jochem Henkelmann, Heinz Rütter, Boris Breitscheidel
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Abstract
A process for hydrogenating an unsaturated heterocyclic compound or a mixture of two or more thereof by contacting the unsaturated heterocyclic compounder the mixture of two or more thereof with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising as active metal at least one metal from transition group VIII of the Periodic Table, applied to a support, wherein the support has macropores.
Claims16
A process for hydrogenating pyridine, an alkylpyridine or a mixture of two or more thereof by contacting pyridine or the alkylpyridine or the mixture of two or more thereof with a hydrogen-containing gas at a temperature in the range of 50 to 120° C. in the presence of a catalyst comprising as active metal ruthenium alone or together with a least one metal from transition group I or VII of the Periodic Table, applied to a support, wherein the support has macropores having an average pore diameter of at least 50 nm.
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