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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2001
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., Town & Country, MO (US);
James C. Peterson, Manchester, MO (US);
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., Town & Country, MO (US);
James C. Peterson, Manchester, MO (US);
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
This invention is directed to a process for making a salt of a carboxylic acid. The process comprises contacting a catalyst with an alkaline mixture comprising a primary alcohol. In one embodiment, for example, the catalyst comprises a metal support (preferably a metal sponge support) having a copper-containing active phase at the surface thereof. The support is resistant to deformation under the conditions of the dehydrogenation reaction. In another embodiment, the catalyst comprises a metal sponge having a copper-containing active phase at the surface thereof and a supporting structure containing at least 10% non-copper metal. This invention is also directed to copper-containing catalysts which may, for example, be used in the above process. This invention is further directed to processes for making such catalysts.