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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Meftahuddin Mahmud, Riyadh, SA;
Ahmad Kamal Faizi, Riyadh, SA;
Vidyasagar Anchoori, Riyadh, SA;
Abdullah Al-Qahtani, Riyadh, SA;
Assignee:
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Riyadh, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 3/910 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 3/910 ;
Abstract
A heterogeneous liquid-phase process for the hydrogenation of aldehydes of Formula (I) and (III) to the corresponding alcohols of Formula (II) and (IV) which process comprises contacting alcoholic or aqueous-alcoholic solution of aldehydes and hydrogen gas with a catalyst comprising a reduced mixture of CuO and ZnO in presence of a metal of group IIIA of the Periodic Table, such as aluminium, as a promoter at a temperature of between about 110° and 180° C. and a pressure of between about 20 and 500 psig.