Production of alcohol

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To obtain alcohol with advantage by using a catalyst prepared by making paradium and/or rhenium and zinc oxide or a metal oxide mixture containing the above-mentioned oxide supported on a carrier in a specified ratio in catalytic reduction if an organocarboxylic ester by hydrogen. CONSTITUTION:An organocarboxylic ester is catalytically reduced with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst composed of (a) Pd and/or Re, (b) ZnO or metal oxide mixture containing ZnO and (c) a carrier and containing Pd and/or Re in the ratio of Re:Zn (atom ratio)=(0.008-200):1, preferably (0.1-100):1 based on ZnO to produce a corresponding alcohol with advantage using the above- mentioned highly active catalyst containing no harmful chromium and excellent in catalyst-poisoning resistance, thermal stability and selectivity while inhibiting by-production of hydrocarbons.

Inventors

• 👤 Akira Yamamuro
• 👤 山室　朗
• 👤 Kiyoshi Tsukada
• 👤 清 塚田
• 👤 Akio Kimura
• 👤 昭雄 木村

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