Alcohols production by hydrogenation of carboxylic acids

Details Alcohols production by hydrogenation of carboxylic acids Alcohols production by hydrogenation of carboxylic acids

1988-12-09

1991-02-05

Evans, J. E.

C07C 6700, C07C 69003

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049906550

ABSTRACT:
Ethanol is produced from acetic acid or propanol is produced from propionic acid by contacting either acetic acid or propionic acid in the vapor phase with hydrogen at elevated temperature and a pressure in the range from 1 to 150 bar in the presence of a catalyst comprising as essential components (i) a noble metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and (ii) rhenium, optionally on a support, for example a high surface area graphitized carbon.

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