Abstract: Method for the manufacture of furan compounds by using a heterogeneous catalyst in aqueous solution.

Abstract: A process for preparing amines of the general formula (I) R1R2CHNR3R4??(I) in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, straight-chain or branched, halogenated or halogen-free C1-C12-alkyl, C3-C12-cycloalkyl, C6-C10-aryl or C7-C11-aralkyl, by catalytic, hydrogenating amination of carbonyl compounds of the general formula (II) R1—C(?O)—R2??(II) with nitrogen compounds of the general formula (III) HNR3R4??(III) in the presence of bifunctional catalyst systems comprising a.) a hydrogenation-active catalyst component comprising one or more metals of transition group 8 of the Periodic Table and b.) one or more solid, acidic cocatalysts, wherein the hydrogenating amination is carried out in the presence of aqueous ammonia or aqueous amine of the formula (III) and at least one organic solvent miscible with ammonia or the aqueous amine of the formula (III).

Abstract: A process for preparing amines of the general formula (I) R1R2CHNR3R4??(I) in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, straight-chain or branched, halogenated or halogen-free C1-C12-alkyl, C3-C12-cycloalkyl, C6-C10-aryl or C7-C11-aralkyl, by catalytic, hydrogenating amination of carbonyl compounds of the general formula (II) R1—C(?O)—R2??(II) with nitrogen compounds of the general formula (III) HNR3R4??(III) in the presence of bifunctional catalyst systems comprising a.) a hydrogenation-active catalyst component comprising one or more metals of transition group 8 of the Periodic Table and b.) one or more solid, acidic cocatalysts, wherein the hydrogenating amination is carried out in the presence of aqueous ammonia or aqueous amine of the formula (III) and at least one organic solvent miscible with ammonia or the aqueous amine of the formula (III).

Abstract: Shaped materials useful as catalyst for preparing cyclic lactams by reacting aminocarbonitriles with water in the liquid phase in a fixed bed reactor and which have no soluble constituents under the reaction conditions, comprising pyrogenic titanium dioxide as essential constituent, these compositions being obtainable by shaping the pyrogenic titanium dioxide into shaped articles and, before or after the shaping, treating the pyrogenic titanium dioxide with from 0.1 to 30% by weight, based on the pyrogenic titanium dioxide, of an acid in which pyrogenic titanium dioxide is sparingly soluble.

Abstract: A process for preparing lactams by hydrolytic cyclization of aminonitriles in the gas phase in the presence of a metal phosphate catalyst comprises using a catalyst comprising one or more oligophosphates of the general formula (I) M (POa)b  (I) where M is a metal of group 3 or 4 of the periodic table, including the lanthanides, a is >2.5 and <4.0, and b is such that electrical neutrality is ensured, or a mixture of one or more oligophosphates of the general formula (I) with one or more further salts of a metal of group 3 or 4 of the periodic table, including the lanthanides, with an inorganic acid.

Abstract: A process for preparing a hydrogen peroxide solution having a hydrogen peroxide content of not less than 2.5% by weight, which comprises continuously reacting hydrogen and oxygen in an aqueous, alcoholic or aqueous/alcoholic reaction medium in the presence of a catalyst containing palladium.

Abstract: A catalyst packing which can be produced by vapor deposition and/or sputtering of at least one substance active as catalyst and/or promotor onto woven or knitted fabrics or sheets as support material is used in a process for catalytic distillation in which a heterogeneously catalyzed reaction is combined with a simultaneous distillation or rectification over the catalyst packing.

Abstract: The fixed-bed catalyst comprises palladium and selenium or tellurium or a mixture of selenium and tellurium on a silicon dioxide support and has a BET surface area of from 80 to 380 m2/g and a pore volume of from 0.6 to 0.95 cm3/g in the pore diameter range from 3 nm to 300 &mgr;m, with from 80 to 95% of the pore volume being in the pore diameter range from 10 to 100 nm. It is prepared by impregnating a silicon dioxide support with a solution of a palladium compound and a selenium compound or tellurium compound or a mixture of a selenium compound and a tellurium compound, drying it and reducing it in the presence of hydrogen. The catalyst is used, in particular, for isomerizing 3-buten-1-ol compounds.

Abstract: A catalyst which contains, in its active composition, from 0.05 to 1.0% by weight of at least one metal or compound of a metal of the 10th group of the Periodic Table of the Elements and from 0.05 to 1.0% by weight of at least one metal or compound of a metal of the 11th group of the Periodic Table of the Elements, with the weight ratio of the metal of the 11th group to the metal of the 10th group being from 0.95 to 1.05, and, as support, an SiO2 -containing catalyst support having a BET surface area of from 2 to 400 m2/g, wherein at least 20% of the total pore volume of the catalyst is made up by pores having a diameter greater than 100 nanometers, can be used in processes for removing alkynes, dienes and/or monounsaturated hydrocarbons from streams of materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing aliphatic alpha-omega amino nitriles in the presence of a catalyst composed of (a) iron or an iron based compound or a mixture thereof (b) 0.01 to 5 wt. %, in relation to (a), a promoter based on 2, 3, 4, or 5 elements selected from the group comprising aluminum, silicon, zirconium, titanium, and vanadium, and © to 0.5 wt. % in relation to (a) a compound based on an alkaline metal or alkaline-earth metal. The inventive method is characterized in that the aliphatic alpha-omega dinitrile contains 1.0 ppm or more phosphorus. Catalysts are obtainable through the reductive and optional successive passivation of magnetite, whereby the catalysts have a BET surface of 3 to 10 m2/g, a total pore volume of 0.05 to 0.2 ml/g, an average pore diameter of 0.03 to 0.1 mm and a pore volume portion in the range of 0.01 to 0.1 mm of 50 to 70%.

Abstract: A process for preparing a hydrogen peroxide solution having a hydrogen peroxide content of not less than 2.5% by weight, which comprises continuously reacting hydrogen and oxygen in an aqueous, alcoholic or aqueous/alcoholic reaction medium in the presence of a catalyst containing palladium.

Abstract: A process for preparing aliphatic alpha,omega-amino nitrites by partial hydrogenation of aliphatic alpha,omega-dinitriles in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst used for the partial hydrogenation comprises (a) iron or a compound based on iron or mixtures thereof and (b) from 0.01 to 5% by weight, based on (a), of a promoter based on 2,3,4 or 5 elements selected from the group consisting of aluminum, silicon, zirconium, titanium and vanadium and (c) from 0 to 5% by weight, based on (a), of a compound based on an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal.

Abstract: Cyclic lactams are prepared by reacting aminocarbonitriles with water in the liquid phase in a fixed bed reactor in the presence of a catalyst which comprises a catalytically active oxide, which has no soluble constituents under the reaction conditions and which consists of shaped articles obtainable by shaping the oxide into shaped articles and, before or after said shaping, treating the oxide with from 0.1 to 30% by weight, based on the oxide, of an acid in which the oxide is sparingly soluble.

Abstract: The fixed-bed catalyst comprises palladium and selenium or tellurium or a mixture of selenium and tellurium on a silicon dioxide support and has a BET surface area of from 80 to 380 m2/g and a pore volume of from 0.6 to 0.95 cm3/g in the pore diameter range from 3 nm to 300 &mgr;m, with from 80 to 95% of the pore volume being in the pore diameter range from 10 to 100 nm. It is prepared by impregnating a silicon dioxide support with a solution of a palladium compound and a selenium compound or tellurium compound or a mixture of a selenium compound and a tellurium compound, drying it and reducing it in the presence of hydrogen. The catalyst is used, in particular, for isomerizing 3-buten-1-ol compounds.

Abstract: A catalyst comprising, in its active composition, from 0.05 to 1.0% by weight of at least one metal or compound of a metal of the 10th group of the Periodic Table of the Elements and from 0.05 to 1.0% by weight of at least one metal or compound of a metal of the 11th group of the Periodic Table of the Elements, with the weight ratio of the metal of the 11th group to the metal of the 10th group being from 0.95 to 1.05, and, as support, an SiO2-containing catalyst support having a BET surface area of from 2 to 400 m2/g, wherein at least 20% of the total pore volume of the catalyst is made up by pores having a diameter greater than 100 nanometers, can be used in processes for removing alkynes, dienes and/or monounsaturated hydrocarbons from streams of materials.

Abstract: A process for coproduction of 6-aminocapronitrile and hexamethylenediamine starting from a mixture comprising a phosphorus-containing compound and essentially adiponitrile and obtained by reaction of butadiene with hydrocyanic acid in the presence of a catalyst comprising a phosphorus-containing compound comprises(1) reducing the weight proportion of phosphorus-containing compound, calculated as phosphorus, in the mixture,(2) partially hydrogenating the resulting mixture in the presence of a catalyst to form an .alpha.,.omega.-aminonitrile, and(3) removing 6-aminocapronitrile and hexamethylenediamine from the mixture.

Abstract: Aliphatic alpha,omega-aminonitriles are prepared by partial hydrogenation of aliphatic alpha,omega-dinitriles at elevated temperatures and superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a solvent and of a catalyst by a process which comprises using a catalyst which(a) contains a compound based on a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, iron, ruthenium and rhodium and(b) contains from 0.01 to 25% by weight, based on (a), of a promoter based on a metal selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum, iridium, osmium, copper, silver, gold, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, rhenium, zinc, cadmium, lead, aluminum, tin, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, bismuth and rare earth metals and(c) from 0 to 5% by weight, based on (a), of a compound based on an alkali metal or on an alkaline earth metal.

Abstract: A catalyst suitable for preparing aliphatic alpha, omega-aminonitriles by partial hydrogenation of aliphatic dinitriles comprises(a) metallic cobalt, a cobalt compound or a mixture thereof, the proportion of metallic cobalt based on (a) being from 20 to 100% by weight,(b) from 10 to 70% by weight, based on (a), of metallic iron, iron oxide, a further iron compound or a mixture thereof, the proportion of iron oxide based on (b) being from 20 to 100% by weight,(c) from 0 to 1% by weight, based on (a), of a compound based on an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or zinc.

Abstract: A process for the coproduction of 6-aminocapronitrile (ACN) and hexamethylenediamine (HMD) by treatment of adiponitrile (ADN) with hydrogen in the presence of a nickel-containing catalyst at temperatures not below room temperature and elevated hydrogen partial pressure in the presence or absence of a solvent comprises, after the conversion based on ADN and/or the selectivity based on ACN has or have dropped below a defined value(a) interrupting the treatment of ADN with hydrogen by stopping the feed of ADN and of the solvent, if used,(b) treating the catalyst at from 150 to 400.degree. C. with hydrogen using a hydrogen pressure within the range from 0.1 to 30 MPa and a treatment time within the range from 2 to 48 h, and(c) then continuing the hydrogenation of ADN with the treated catalyst of stage (b).

Abstract: Monomodal or polymodal catalyst supports or catalysts having a BET specific surface area of from 0.01 to 250 m.sup.2 /g and a monomodal or polymodal pore size distribution having a mean pore diameter of from 50 to 300,000 nm measured by the mercury pressure porosimetry method, whereina) from 10 to 95% of the pore volume is at from 0.2 to 100 times the mean pore diameter and/orb) from 10 to 80% of the pore volume is at from 0.8 to 100 times the mean pore diameter and/orc) from 50 to 95% of the pore volume is at from 0.2 to 1 times the mean pore diameter and/ord) from 50 to 80% of the pore volume is at from 0.8 to 1 times the mean pore diameter ande) the width at half height of the pore size distribution is less than 0.