Patent ID: 7153807

Claim:
A hydrogenation catalyst consisting of: a first constituent of at least one metal or metal-based component where the metal is platinum; and a second constituent of at least one metal or metal-based component where the metal is selected from the elements consisting of Groups 8–9 of the Periodic Table of Elements (new IUPAC notation); a third constituent of at least one metal or metal-based component where the metal is selected from the elements consisting of Groups 11–12 of the Periodic Table of Elements (new IUPAC notation); a fourth constituent of at least one support and/or binder selected from the group consisting of amorphous inorganic oxides, crystalline inorganic oxides, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, boron nitride, carbon, and combinations thereof; and optionally a constituent selected from the group consisting of gallium, indium, tin, bismuth, oxygen, sulfur and mixtures thereof.