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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Toru Sakamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Osamu Tabata, Wakayama, JP;
Hideaki Ueoka, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a process for producing an alcohol, including the step of hydrogenating a glyceride in the presence of a catalyst, adding water, or a process for producing an alcohol, including the step of hydrogenating a glyceride in the presence of a catalyst and in the presence of from 0.5 or more of water per mole of the starting glyceride.