Process for the preparation of alcohols or amines

摘要

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of alcohols or amines by reaction of esters, fatty acids or nitriles with hydrogen at elevated temperature and pressure by means of a catalyst which, per hundred parts by weight of CuO, contains 40 to 130 parts by weight of ZnO, 2 to 50 parts by weight of Al2O3 and optionally 0.5 to 8 parts by weight of Mn, Mo, V, Zr and/or alkaline earth metal oxide and has a BET total surface area of 80 to 175 m<2>/g of catalyst, 75 to 95 % of the BET total surface area being formed by pores of a radius rp