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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2012
Applicants:
Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);
Zhenhua Zhou, Houston, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Pasadena, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);
Zhenhua Zhou, Houston, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Pasadena, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Irving, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 23/75 (2006.01); B01J 23/835 (2006.01); B01J 37/08 (2006.01); C07C 29/149 (2006.01); B01J 37/02 (2006.01); B01J 23/00 (2006.01); B01J 23/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 37/08 (2013.01); B01J 23/002 (2013.01); B01J 23/835 (2013.01); B01J 23/8966 (2013.01); B01J 37/0205 (2013.01); B01J 37/0213 (2013.01); C07C 29/149 (2013.01); B01J 2523/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the formation of alcohols from alkanoic acids, 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 on a support, wherein the active metals comprise cobalt and tin.