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Hydrogenation of heptaldehyde to heptyl alcohol with nickel catalysts
Author(s) -
Vijayalakshmi P.,
Subbarao R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02552720
Subject(s) - raney nickel , catalysis , nickel , alcohol , hydrogen , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , nuclear chemistry
Hydrogenation of heptaldehyde to heptyl alcohol was studied with W2 Raney nickel catalyst, prepared in the laboratory, commercial Raney nickel catalyst and Rufert nickel catalyst by varying temperature, catalyst concentration, hydrogen pressure and reaction time. The products were analyzed by gas‐liquid chromatography on SE‐30 column. The optimum conditions found for quantitative conversion (99.6%) of heptaldehyde to heptyl alcohol were: temperature, 100°C, W2 Raney nickel catalyst concentration, 2% based on heptaldehyde (w/w), hydrogen pressure, 145 psig and reaction time, 1 h.