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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Engelhard De Meern B.V., De Meern, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568885 ; 502331 ; 549503 ; 544336 ; 544358 ; 568579 ; 568876 ; 568877 ; 568878 ; 564401 ; 564422 ; 564479 ; 564480 ; 564485 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method of performing a chemical reaction in which hydrogenation and/or dehydrogenation occurs, in the presence of a supported catalyst comprising a carrier material with copper as active component and iron as a promotor. According to the invention, the proporation of iron, calculated on the amount of copper and iron jointly, on an atomic basis, is no more than 25%. The invention also relates to a catalyst for carrying out the reaction, and to a process for preparing a supported catalyst.