Patent ID: 7381852

Claim:
A process for hydrogenating an aldehyde, comprising: contacting an aldehyde with a catalyst in the presence of hydrogen where the catalyst is comprised of a support and non-support metal components dispersed on the surface of the support, the support containing at least about 95% α-alumina as measured by powder x-ray diffraction, and the non-support metal components comprise nickel and/or one or more compounds thereof and molybdenum and/or one or more compounds thereof, where the nickel and/or one or more compounds thereof comprises from about 3 wt. % to about 9 wt. % of the catalyst, by metallic weight, and the molybdenum and/or one or more compounds thereof comprises from about 1 wt. % to about 4 wt. %, by metallic weight, of the catalyst.