| abstract |
The invention relates to catalysts for producing carboxylic acid salts from alcohols, said catalysts a) consisting of copper or b) containing between 99.9 and 10 wt. % of copper, between 0.01 and 90 wt. % of iron, and between 0 and 50 wt. % of at least one other metal. Said catalysts are optionally doped, and are characterised in that the hydroxides are obtained by means of precipitation of copper salt solutions or of copper and iron salt solutions and optionally salts of other metals by means of co-precipitation with a base, and are reduced with hydrogen. |