Patent ID: 8288595
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
1. A process for the production of a C 6 -C 15 alcohol mixture comprising the steps of: a. hydroformylating an olefin mixture comprising a branched C b. converting the aldehydes and formate esters to alcohols in a hydrogenation step comprising at least one first hydrogenation reactor comprising a fixed bed of a heterogeneous sulphided bimetallic catalyst, optionally, followed by at least one second hydrogenation reactor connected downstream of the first hydrogenation reactor; wherein the feed to the hydrogenation step (b) is a liquid comprising at least a portion of the aldehydes and formate esters formed in step (a) and at least 2% water by weight, based on the liquid hydrogenation feed, and wherein the temperature in the first hydrogenation reactor is at most 200° C.