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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Waldo De Thomas, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Assignee:
GAF Corporation, Wayne, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568861 ; 568881 ; 568885 ; 585277 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a novel supported catalyst comprising a combination of metals with nickel as component (a), a metal having an atomic number greater than 43 from Groups VIIB and VIII of the Periodic Table as component (b) and rhenium as component (c) in a weight ratio of (a):(b):(c) of about 10-90:0.05-5:0.03-10 and to the use of the catalyst for high pressure hydrogenation reactions, particularly for the hydrogenation of butanediol product containing aldehyde, butynediol and color forming impurities.