ABSTRACT
The gas phase hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde was studied at a temperature range of 353–533 °K and total pressures up to 2 MPa. It has been shown that supported bimetallic group VIII metal catalysts prepared by an organometallie route are able to control the intramolecular selectivities to both crotyl alcohol and butyraldehyde. The observed increase in the selectivity to crotyl alcohol was explained by an increase in the specific reaction rate of C=0 group hydrogenation.
