	US 12,138,620 B2
	Highly active and highly selective copper extrudate catalysts
Jian-Ping Chen, Beachwood, OH (US); Scott Hedrick, Beachwood, OH (US); Jeffrey S. Baciak, Beachwood, OH (US); and Bernd Bastian Schaack, Ludwigshafen (DE)
Assigned to BASF Corporation, Florham Park, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/297,603
Filed by BASF CORPORATION, Florham Park, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/063101 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/117532, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/774,609, filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023843 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B01J 21/08 (2006.01); B01J 6/00 (2006.01); B01J 21/16 (2006.01); B01J 23/00 (2006.01); B01J 23/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/06 (2006.01); B01J 23/34 (2006.01); B01J 23/72 (2006.01); B01J 23/74 (2006.01); B01J 23/75 (2006.01); B01J 23/755 (2006.01); B01J 23/76 (2006.01); B01J 23/78 (2006.01); B01J 23/80 (2006.01); B01J 23/889 (2006.01); B01J 35/10 (2006.01); B01J 35/61 (2024.01); B01J 37/04 (2006.01); C07C 29/154 (2006.01)

CPC B01J 23/78 (2013.01) [B01J 6/001 (2013.01); B01J 21/08 (2013.01); B01J 35/613 (2024.01); B01J 37/04 (2013.01); C07C 29/154 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A hydrogenation catalyst comprising:

copper oxide;

an alkali metal component; and

an acid-stabilized silica;

wherein the hydrogenation catalyst has a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (“BET”) surface area of greater than or equal to about 15 m²/g.