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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Xiangsheng Meng, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Timothy W. Abraham, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Paraskevas Tsobanakis, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Inventors:
Xiangsheng Meng, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Timothy W. Abraham, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Paraskevas Tsobanakis, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/136 (2006.01); C07C 29/14 (2006.01); C07C 29/141 (2006.01); C07C 29/143 (2006.01); C07C 29/147 (2006.01); C07C 29/149 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for hydrogenating 3-hydroxypropionic acid, or esters thereof, or mixtures of the acid and the ester, in a liquid phase, in the presence of a ruthenium catalyst, alone, or in combination with at least one or more additional metal catalyst wherein the metal is molybdenum, tungsten, titanium, zirconium, niobium, vanadium, chromium, or mixtures of the metals.