| abstract |
The invention is within the field of petrochemicalnsynthesis.nProcess for preparing 2-ethylhexanol according to the inventionnThe invention is based on the fact that 2-ethylhexanol is presentnobtained by catalytic hydrogenation of 2-ethylhexenalnat an elevated temperature of 200 to 290 ° Cnand at an elevated pressure of 10 to 30 MPa in the presencenzinc-containing catalyst;nchromium, which additionally contains copper oxide.nWeight ratio copper oxide: oxidenzinc: the oxide of the zinc (12.3nto 54): (11.0-52.2): (6-23.2). |