| abstract |
A process for making 2,3-dihalopropanol including reacting 2,3-dihalopropanal with a hydrogenating agent in the presence of an iridium and a second transition metal mixed metal catalyst where the second transition metal is selected from ruthenium, iron, molybdenum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, manganese or vanadium, under conditions such that 2,3-dihalopropanol is formed. The 2,3-dihalopropanol is particularly useful in a process for making epihalohydrin. |