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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A. Morgenstern, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Juan P. Arhancet, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Howard C. Berk, St. Louis, MO (US);
William L. Moench, Jr., St. Louis, MO (US);
James C. Peterson, Manchester, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 2/372 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 2/372 ;
Abstract
This invention is directed to a process for dehydrogenating primary alcohols to make salts of carboxylic acids. The process comprises contacting a catalyst, preferably a metal support coated with copper or silver, with an alkaline mixture comprising a primary alcohol. The invention further provides for novel copper-containing and silver-containing catalysts which may be used, for example, in the above process as well as processes for making such catalysts.