Patent ID: 7070757

Claim:
A process for producing a catalyst comprising at least one platinum metal supported on a nonporous nonmetallic suppolt; wherein said platinum metal is selected from the group consisting of Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt, and combinations thereof, and wherein the support is in the form of a particulate structure having a particle size of from 0.25 nm to 10 mm or in the form of a shaped body, which is selected from the group consisting of a sphere, a pellet, a short extrudate, an open-walled cylinder having inwardly bent protrusions, a cylinder, a saddle, a cylindrical mesh packing element, a hackette, a spiral, a helix, a monolith comprising woven fabric, said process comprising: activating the support and electrolessly depositing said at least one platinum metal on the activated support by contacting the support with an aqueous medium comprising at least one compound or one complex of said platinum metal and at least one reducing agent.