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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
May. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuyuki Hattori, Wakayama, JP;
Noriaki Fukuoka, Wakayama, JP;
Shigeru Tamura, Wakayama, JP;
Kunizo Hashiba, Wakayama, JP;
Kiyoshi Tsukada, Wakayama, JP;
Makoto Misono, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568885 ; 502345 ; 568811 ; 568814 ; 568831 ; 568864 ;
Abstract
An alcohol is effective produced by catalytically reducing an organic carboxylic acid ester with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst obtained by reducing a catalyst precursor comprising (A) copper oxide and (B) titanium oxide and/or titanium hydroxide at a weight ratio of (A) to (B) in the range between 15/85 and 65/35. The component (A) may be alternatively a composite metal oxide comprises copper oxide and up to 20 wt. % of zinc oxide.