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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2023
Evonik Operations Gmbh, Essen, DE;
Robert Franke, Marl, DE;
Meike Roos, Büdingen, DE;
Horst-Werner Zanthoff, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, DE;
Julia Bauer, Haltern am See, DE;
Christoph Weber, Wiesbaden, DE;
Andrea Heinroth, Möbris, DE;
Jan Benedikt Metternich, Recklinghausen, DE;
EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH, Essen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing alcohols by hydrogenation of C4 to C20 aldehydes. The process according to the invention is performed in two consecutive hydrogenation stages, wherein the first hydrogenation stage employs an activated metal catalyst based on a nickel metal foam and the second stage employs a supported catalyst containing a catalytically active component from the group consisting of nickel, copper, chromium and mixtures thereof.