Hydrogenation catalyst and process for production thereof by the use of uncalcined starting material

摘要

The invention relates to a process for preparing a shaped Cu-Al catalyst body for the hydrogenation of organic compounds containing a carbonyl function. More particularly, the shaped catalyst body is suitable for the hydrogenation of aldehydes, ketones and of carboxylic acids or esters thereof, specifically of fatty acids or esters thereof, such as fatty acid methyl esters, to the corresponding alcohols such as butanediol. The present invention further relates to Cu-Al catalysts obtainable by the preparation process.