| abstract |
Process for the hydrogenation of an organic compound having at least one carbonyl group, in which the organic compound is brought into contact in the presence of hydrogen with a shaped body which can be prepared by a process in which (i) an oxidic material comprising copper oxide, alumina and at least one of the oxides of lanthanum, tungsten, molybdenum, titanium or zirconium is provided; (Ii) powdery metallic copper, copper flakes, powdered cement, graphite, their mixture or a mixture with graphite thereof is added to the oxidic material, and (iii) the mixture resulting from (ii) is shaped into a shaped body, characterized in that the shaped body is in the form of a catalyst tablet or catalyst extrudate having a diameter d and / or a height h <2.5 mm, a catalyst ball having a diameter d <2, 5 mm or as a catalyst honeycomb body with a cell diameter r z <2.5 mm is present. |