Cognis Deutschland Gmbh & Co. Kg

Cognis IP Management Gmbh

Cognis Oleochemicals Gmbh

Albrecht Schwerin

Erich Reuter

Georg Fieg

Bernhard Gutsche

Wilhelm Johannisbauer

Sabine Both

Lothar Friesenhagen

Andreas Heidbreder

Juergen Falkowski

Horst Josten

Gerrit Pelzer

Thomas Kapala

Ingomar Mrozek

Christiane Richard-Elsner

Nataly Lausberg

Ralf Christoph

Andreas Suessenbach

A process for reducing the odor of an oil. The oil being treated is first distilled by a carrier vapor or carrier gas distillation to form a distilled oil. The distilled oil is then contacted with a polymeric adsorbent; whereby the odor of the oil is reduced. The polymeric adsorbent is regenerated. The polymeric adsorbent can be a cross-linked polymer with an internal surface area of from 900 to 1500 m/gram.

Reducing the odor of oil components by means of adsorption with polymeric adsorbing agents

The present invention relates to a new process for obtaining fatty acids with improved color, odor and heat stability which is characterized in that:

Process for obtaining fatty acids with improved odor, color and heat stability

Processes for producing branched compounds are described wherein a carbonyl compound is condensed in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of acids and bases, to form an &#x3b1;,&#x3b2;-unsaturated condensation product; and the &#x3b1;,&#x3b2;-unsaturated condensation product is hydrogenated.

Processes for producing branched compounds via condensation and hydrogenation

A process for making aldehydes involving: (a) providing a fatty alcohol; (b) providing an oxidic copper/zinc catalyst; and (c) continuously dehydrogenating the fatty alcohol, in the presence of the oxidic copper/zinc catalyst, at a temperature of from about 200 to 280&#xb0; C. and a pressure of from about 10 mbar to 1 bar.

Method for producing aldehydes

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