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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1989
Filed:
May. 05, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Melanie Kitson, Staines, GB;
Peter S Williams, Hull, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ; B01J / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502184 ; 502183 ; 502185 ;
Abstract
An alcohol and/or a carboxylic acid ester is (are) produced from a C.sub.2 to C.sub.12 carboxylic acid by contacting the carboxylic acid at elevated temperature and pressure with hydrogen in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst characterized in that the catalyst comprises a first component which is either molybdenum or tungsten and a second component which is a noble metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, optionally on a support, for example a high surface area graphitized carbon.