Patent ID: 6049008
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B01J,C07B,C07C,C07D

Abstract:
A process for hydrogenating aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters and nitroaromatic compounds which comprises contacting one or more of said materials under catalytic hydrogenation conditions with a shaped catalyst composition comprising a uniform mixture of (i) at least one metal selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, manganese, zinc, and cobalt; (ii) calcium silicate; and (iii) at least one clay material, wherein said composition is prepared by a process which comprises:(A) preparing a paste comprising (i) at least one metal oxide wherein said metal is selected from the group consisting of copper, manganese, zinc, nickel, and cobalt; (ii) at least one solvent; (iii) calcium silicate; and (iv) at least one clay material;(B) forming a shaped particle from said paste; and(C) drying and calcining said shaped particle.