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20080228012 | Method for producing alcohols - A method for producing alcohols which comprises reducing esters or lactones with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) a ruthenium compound, (ii) a monodentate monophosphine or a bidentate bisphosphine, and (iii) an amine. Examples of the catalyst include a ruthenium (Ru) complex represented by the formula:RuX | 09-18-2008 |
20090048470 | Process for Producing Hydroxy Compound - The invention provides a process for producing a hydroxy compound comprising the following steps:
| 02-19-2009 |
20090076313 | SUBSTITUTED 1-(2-ETHYL-1-METHYL-CYCLOPROPYL)-ONE/OL DERIVATIVES - The present invention is directed to novel ketone and alcohol compounds and the use of these novel compounds in creating fragrances and scents in items such as perfumes, colognes and personal care products. | 03-19-2009 |
20100137650 | SHELL CATALYST, PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION AND USE - The present invention relates to a shell catalyst, a process for its preparation and also the use of the shell catalyst according to the invention. | 06-03-2010 |
20100185021 | ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO ALCOHOLS AND HYDROCARBONS FROM BIOMASS - A method of producing alcohols, hydrocarbons, or both from biomass by converting biomass into a carboxylic acid, reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce alcohol. A method of producing hydrocarbons from biomass by converting at least a portion of the biomass into a carboxylic acid, a ketone, or an ammonium carboxylate salt, reacting at least one of a portion of the carboxylic acid, a portion of the ketone, or a portion of the ammonium carboxylate salt in an oligomerization reactor as at least part of a process that produces an oligomerization product and separating hydrocarbons from the oligomerization product. | 07-22-2010 |
20100217051 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOLS - A process utilising the gases carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen to produce alcohols directly, comprises the steps of bringing a fluid mixture comprising carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen into contact with the surfaces of a supported tubular porous catalyst membrane having a range of pore sizes including micropores, mesopores and macropores, controlling the temperature of the said catalyst membrane, maintaining a pressure over said catalyst membrane of from 88 to 600 kPa, and recovering alcohol containing product formed by contact of the fluid mixture with said catalyst membrane. | 08-26-2010 |
20100317900 | PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF ALCOHOL (S) INTO ALCOHOL (S) WITH INCREASED CARBON-CHAIN - The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of alcohol (s) into alcohol (s) with increase carbon-chain. The present invention also relates to the production of an alcohol (s) from a carbonaceous feedstock; wherein the carbonaceous feedstock is first converted to synthesis gas which is then converted to alkyl carboxylate ester (s) which is then hydrogenated to produce alcohol (s). | 12-16-2010 |
20110009677 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING FERMENTATION ALCOHOL - The present invention relates to a method for purifying an aqueous solution of fermentation alcohol to give anhydrous alcohol, wherein a mash column is controlled such a manner that an alcohol concentration of an alcohol/water mixed vapor distilled from a mash column is less than 50% by weight and a reflux amount of a condensate to a distillation column is controlled such a manner that an alcohol concentration of an alcohol/water mixed vapor that is distilled from the distillation column is 65 to 85% by weight. According to the present method, the purification for obtaining an anhydrous alcohol from an aqueous solution of a fermentation alcohol with the use of a mash column, a distillation column, an evaporator and a membrane separator can be more conveniently carried out with an extremely high energy efficiency as the whole process. | 01-13-2011 |
20110160493 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CATALYST - The present invention provides the method for preparing a catalyst including the following steps 1 and 2, and the method for producing an alcohol including preparing a catalyst by the method and subjecting a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid ester to catalytic reduction with hydrogen in the presence of the prepared catalyst:
| 06-30-2011 |
20110166393 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CATALYST - The present invention provides a method of preparing the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst having high activity by liquid phase reduction without decreasing purity of the solvent and a method for efficiently producing an alcohol. The present invention provides the method of preparing the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst, including reducing a molded precursor of the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst by supplying hydrogen gas or a mixture of hydrogen gas with an inert gas at a temperature of 50 to 150° C. in the presence of a solvent to obtain the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the reduction is conducted at an average reduction velocity of the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst of not more than 3.0% by weight/hour. The present invention also provides the method of producing an alcohol, including preparing the copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst by the method of preparation, and subjecting a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid ester to catalytic reduction with hydrogen in the presence of the prepared copper-containing hydrogenation catalyst. | 07-07-2011 |
20120029247 | CONVERSION METHOD - A process is described for the preparation of water-soluble cellulose hydrolysis products, which comprises admixing cellulose with an ionic liquid capable of solvating or dissolving at least some of the cellulose, said ionic liquid being a compound comprised solely of cations and anions and which exists in a liquid state at a temperature at or below 15O° C., the cations in said ionic liquid having the general formula (I), in which Z represents a nitrogen or phosphorus atom, R | 02-02-2012 |
20130006020 | ALCOHOL PRODUCTION METHOD BY REDUCING ESTER OR LACTONE WITH HYDROGEN - Provided is an alcohol production method comprising the step of reducing an ester or a lactone with hydrogen to produce a corresponding alcohol without addition of a base compound by using, as a catalyst, a ruthenium complex represented by the following general formula (1): | 01-03-2013 |
20130053604 | EXCHANGER-REACTOR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN WITH AN INTEGRATED STEAM GENERATION BUNDLE - The present invention describes an exchanger-reactor for carrying out endothermic reactions such as steam reforming oil cuts or alcohols integrating a steam generation bundle which can thereby increase the thermal efficiency. | 02-28-2013 |
20130245328 | CATALYST COMPOSITIONS FOR CONVERTING SYNGAS TO PRODUCE HIGHER ALCOHOLS - Catalyst compositions for production of higher alcohols comprise a hydrotalcite or hydrotalcite-like support impregnated with molybdenum and an alkali metal. When the compositions are used to convert syngas, selectivity to higher (C2+) alcohols is increased in comparison to conversions accomplished over many other catalyst systems. | 09-19-2013 |