Barbara Kimmich

US Patent:

20130184148, Jul 18, 2013

Filed:

Mar 6, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/786701

Inventors:

CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION - Irving TX, US
Barbara F. Kimmich - League City TX, US
Jan Cornelis van der Waal - Delft, NL
James H. Zink - League City TX, US
Virginie Zuzaniuk - Krommenie, NL
Josefina T. Chapman - Houston TX, US
Laiyuan Chen - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION - Irving TX

International Classification:

C07C 29/147

US Classification:

502185, 502250, 502256, 502260, 502307, 502310, 502313, 502326

Abstract:

A process for the selective production of ethanol by vapor phase reaction of acetic acid over a hydrogenating catalyst composition to form ethanol is disclosed and claimed. In an embodiment of this invention reaction of acetic acid and hydrogen over either cobalt and palladium supported on graphite or cobalt and platinum supported on silica selectively produces ethanol in a vapor phase at a temperature of about 250 C.