HYDROGENATION OF AROMATIC COMPOUND IN PRESENCE OF SUPPORTED CATALYST

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a process for hydrogenating an aromatic compound, enabling to perfectly hydrogenate the aromatic compound in a high yield. SOLUTION: This process for hydrogenating an aromatic compound in which a least one hydroxyl group is bonded to an aromatic ring or an aromatic compound in which at least one amino group is bonded to an aromatic ring, in the presence of a catalyst comprising, as catalytically active component, at least one metal of transition group I, VII or VIII of the periodic table applied to a support, wherein the catalyst is obtainable by (a) dissolving the catalytically active compound or a precursor compound thereof in a solvent, (b) admixing the solution thus obtained with an organic polymer which is able to bind at least ten times its own weight of water, giving a swollen polymer, (c) subsequently mixing the swollen polymer with a catalyst support material and (d) shaping, drying and calcining the composition obtained in this way.