Patent ID: 7875742
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: B01J,C07C,C08F

Abstract:
1. A process comprising: (a) contacting one or more aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters, carboxylic acid halides, and carboxylic acid anhydrides or a mixture of one or more aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters, carboxylic acid halides, and carboxylic acid anhydrides with a source of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising one or more catalytically active metal sites located on a catalyst support, under hydrogenation conditions, whereby at least one of said one or more aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters, carboxylic acid halides, and carboxylic acid anhydrides or mixture of one or more aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters, carboxylic acid halides, and carboxylic acid anhydrides is hydrogenated to provide a product; (b) recovering said product;