Basf Corporation

Scott A Hedrick

Deepak S Thakur

Rostam Jai Madon

Ivan Petrovic

Peter Nagel

Ahmad Moini

Richard R Berube

Rostam Jal Madon

Martin W Kraus

Jeffrey Baciak

Andrew R Negele

Jian-Ping Chen

Bernd Bastian Schaack

Mats F Idvall

A hydrogenation catalyst includes copper oxide, an alkali metal, and an acid-stabilized silica, wherein hydrogenation catalyst has a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller ('BET') surface area of greater than or equal to about 15 m2/g. The hydrogenation catalysts are effective for converting aldehydes, ketones, and esters to alcohols and/or diesters to diols.

Highly active and highly selective copper extrudate catalysts

The hydroisomerization of a paraffinic hydrocarbon feedstock obtained from renewable sources is effectively achieved by passing the feedstock in the presence of hydrogen over a hydroisomerization catalyst comprising a crystalline metal silicate molecular sieve, in which a portion of the crystalline framework contains iron.

Hydroisomerization catalysts based on Fe containing molecular sieves

A novel catalyst useful in the ethynylation of formaldehyde to butynediol is formed by precipitating copper and bismuth from a salt solution of such metals, utilizing an alkali metal hydroxide as the precipitating agent to deposit copper and bismuth hydroxide as a coating around a siliceous carrier particle.

Ethynylation catalyst and method of making same

A heated mixture comprising dehydroxylated kaolin and a high refractive index pigment is disclosed. When the dehydroxylated kaolin is metakaolin, the heated mixture has a GE brightness greater than 86% and a Hunter yellowness index of less than about 11. When the dehydroxylated kaolin is fully calcined kaolin, the heated mixture has a GE brightness greater than 89%. The heated mixture is advantageously used in decorative paper. Also disclosed are methods of using and making the decorative paper, and decorative laminates containing the decorative paper.

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Scott A Hedrick