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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Velliyur N Rao, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549326 ; 549325 ; 568864 ;
Abstract
A process is disclosed for preparing butyrolactones, butanediols, and mixtures thereof comprising hydrogenating a hydrogenatable precursor in the presence of an aqueous reaction medium and a catalyst comprising palladium or combinations thereof with rhenium and at least one support selected from the oxides of titanium, zirconium, and hafnium.