Patent ID: 7939699

Claim:
A process for the hydrogenation of an organic compound comprising an olefinic, carbonyl, nitrile, nitro or aromatic group, comprising reacting the compound with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises a cobalt species on a titania support and having upon reduction at 425° C., a cobalt metal surface area, as measured by hydrogen chemisorption at 150° C., in the range of from 15 to 100 m 2 per gram total cobalt, made by mixing together the titania support and an aqueous solution of cobalt amine carbonate at a pH in the range of 7.5 to 12, then heating to a temperature in the range of 60 to 110° C. to effect decomposition of the cobalt amine carbonate and precipitation of an insoluble cobalt compound onto the titania support, and directly reducing the cobalt compound without a calcining step.