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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2012
Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);
Zhenhua Zhou, Houston, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Pasadena, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);
Zhenhua Zhou, Houston, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Pasadena, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
Celanese International Corporation, Irving, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the formation of an alcohol from an alkanoic acid, the steps of the process comprising: contacting a feed stream containing the alkanoic acid and hydrogen at an elevated temperature with a hydrogenating catalyst comprising from 3 to 25 wt. % of active metals comprising tin and cobalt and a metal promoter selected from the group consisting of noble metals or first metal, the first metal selected from the group of barium, cesium and potassium.