Patent ID: 6967182

Claim:
A process for preparing a catalyst comprising at least one catalytic metal loaded on a hydrotalcite-based carrier material which has the following formula in its uncalcined form M 2+ a M 3+ b (A n− ) c (OH) 2a+3b−nc *xH 2 O, wherein M 2+ is at least one divalent metal; and M 3+ is at least one trivalent metal; A is an n-valent anion n is 1 or 2, c is 1 or 2, and a and b are positive numbers, a>b; which process comprises: a) adding at least one catalytic metal salt or complex to the carrier material, of which the carrier material is in, or at least partly transformed to, the hydrotalcite phase during the metal addition step; b) followed by washing, and c) calcination.