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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 1991

Filed:

Dec. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:

Melanie Kitson, Staines, GB;

Peter S Williams, Hull, GB;

Assignee:

BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
500265 ;
Abstract

Ethanol is produced from acetic acid or propanol is produced from propionic acid by contacting either acetic acid or propionic acid in the vapor phase with hydrogen at elevated temperature and a pressure in the range from 1 to 150 bar in the presence of a catalyst comprising as essential components (i) a noble metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and (ii) rhenium, optionally on a support, for example a high surface area graphitized carbon.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kitson, Melanie. (1991). Alcohols production by hydrogenation of carboxylic acids (U.S. Patent No. 4990655). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4990655

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