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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Merger, Frankenthal, DE;
Shelue Liang, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Rolf Fischer, Heidelberg, DE;
Joachim Wulff-Doring, Frankenthal, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshfen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568799 ; 568831 ; 568855 ;
Abstract
In a process for preparing alcohols by gas phase hydrogenation of carboxylic acids or esters thereof at elevated temperature and elevated pressure in the presence of catalysts consisting of or comprising, as hydrogenating components, oxides of main group VI and/or subgroup IV, the hydrogenation is carried out