Patent ID: 9567276
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B01J,C07C

Claim:
1. A process for the preparation of alcohols from aldehydes in a single catalytic hydrogenation reaction, comprising contacting a use mixture with a heterogeneous catalyst in the presence of hydrogen to produce a product mixture, wherein: a) said use mixture originates from a hydroformylation reaction and comprises a plurality of aldehydes with the same number, n, of carbon atoms, and corresponding alcohols and high boilers, where n is a natural number between three and eighteen; b) said use mixture comprises the following components adding up to 100% by weight: c) said product mixture comprises at least an alcohol corresponding to the hydrogenated aldehyde, and at least one by-product; d) said catalyst comprises a support material comprising aluminium oxide or silicon dioxide or a mixture of aluminium oxide and silicon dioxide, with nickel and copper applied thereto, and which, in activated form, comprises the following composition adding up to 100% by weight: