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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Kunihiko Morizane, Ichihara, JP;
Tatsuo Shirahata, Ichihara, JP;
Katsunari Higashi, Ichihara, JP;
Shinji Senoo, Takaishi, JP;
Kenji Doi, Otake, JP;
Kunihiko Morizane, Ichihara, JP;
Tatsuo Shirahata, Ichihara, JP;
Katsunari Higashi, Ichihara, JP;
Shinji Senoo, Takaishi, JP;
Kenji Doi, Otake, JP;
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides processes for producing 2-propanol with higher purity than heretofore possible while suppressing the by-production of impurities. A process of the invention produces 2-propanol by reacting acetone with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the process includes reacting a raw material mixture containing water and acetone, with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, and the raw material mixture contains water at 1.2 to 4.0 wt % based on 100 wt % of the total of the water and the acetone.