Patent ID: 8207375

Claim:
A process for catalytically hydrogenating at least one of an aromatic polycarboxylic acid compound, an aromatic monocarboxylic acid compound, and derivatives thereof to a corresponding alicyclic compound, comprising: hydrogenating the aromatic polycarboxylic and/or monocarboxylic acid compound with a hydrogen-containing gas over a catalyst on or in a support material; wherein: the catalyst comprises at least one metal of the eighth transition group of the Periodic Table; the support material consists of titanium dioxide having a content of from 1.0 to 5.5% by mass of free sulfate or titanium dioxide having a content of from 1.0 to 4.0% by mass of barium; the support material has an average pore diameter of from 2 to 50 nm; and over 95% of a total pore volume of the support material is accounted for by pores having a diameter of less than 50 nm.