E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Torren Ryan Carlson

David Richard Corbin

Joachim C Ritter

Sourav Kumar Sengupta

Paul Joseph Fagan

Alan Martin Allgeier

Wathudura Indika Namal De Silva

Carl Andrew Menning

Ekaterini Korovessi

H David Rosenfeld

Francis G Gallagher

Gregg Sunshine

David William Drew

Jacob G Dickinson

Isabel Liberis

Kenneth Mersman

Disclosed herein are processes for preparing an &#x3b1;,&#x3c9;-C-diol, wherein n is 5 or greater, from a feedstock comprising a Coxygenate. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising Pt, Cu, Ni, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ir, Ru, or Fe on a WOor WOsupport. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal M1 and a metal M2 or an oxide of M2, and optionally a support. In one embodiment, M1 is Pd, Pt, or Ir; and M2 is Mo, W, V, Mn, Re, Zr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ge, Sn, Ti, Au, or Co. The Coxygenate may be obtained from a biorenewable resource.

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Newark, DE, United States of America

Torren Ryan Carlson