Claims
- 1. A process for the hydrogenation of a feed containing C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 aldehydes comprising the steps of:
- forming a catalyst by
- impregnating a support containing at least about 0.1 millimoles of hydroxyl groups per gram of support, said support comprising alumina with an aqueous solution of a transition metal salt comprising nickel acetate;
- heat-treating the impregnated support at a temperature of at least about 500.degree. F.;
- activating the heat-treated impregnated support by contacting same with an organometallic compound having the formula: QR.sub.n, wherein Q is selected from Group I, II or III metals of the Periodic Chart of the Elements, R is selected from the group consisting of hydride and alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl and cycloalkyl radicals containing from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms and wherein n ranges from 1 to 3 and satisfies the valence of Q;
- treating the activated supported metal complex in the presence of hydrogen at a temperature of at least about 300.degree. F;
- and thereafter contacting said catalyst with said feed in the presence of a hydrogen-containing gas, thereby producing a hydrogenation reaction.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrogenation reaction is conducted at a temperature in the range of from about 0.degree. to about 1000.degree. F. and at a pressure ranging between about 1 and 50 atmospheres.
- 3. The process of claim 1 wherein said catalyst is at least partially deactivated as a result of contacting same with said feed in the hydrogenation reaction, and where said deactivated catalyst is at least partially reactivated by treatment of same at elevated temperature in the presence of a stripping gas.
- 4. The process of claim 3 wherein said stripping gas is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitrogen and methane.
- 5. The process of claim 4 wherein said stripping gas is hydrogen.
- 6. The process of claim 3 wherein said elevated temperatures range between about 200.degree. to 1200.degree. F.
- 7. The process of claim 3 wherein the space velocity of the stripping gas ranges from about 100 to about 25,000 volumes of gas per volume of catalyst per hour.
- 8. The process of claim 1 wherein said catalyst is at least partially deactivated as a result of contacting same with said feed in the hydrogenation reaction, and where said deactivated catalyst is at least partially regenerated by (1) oxidizing same with air and (2) reactivating by contacting said oxidized catalyst with a trialkyl aluminum compound wherein the alkyl group contains from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms.
- 9. The process of claim 1 wherein Q has an atomic number of from 3 to 50, and wherein QR.sub.n is a trialkyl aluminum compound.
- 10. The process of claim 1 wherein the activated supported metal complex is treated in the presence of hydrogen at a temperature above about 800.degree. F.
- 11. The process of claim 1 wherein the amount of transition metal impregnated on the support is in the range of from about 0.1% to about 30% based on total weight of deposited equivalent metal and support.
- 12. The process of claim 1 wherein said alumina support has a surface area greater than about 100 square meters per gram of support and a hydroxyl content of at least 1 millimole per gram of support.
- 13. The process of claim 12 wherein said impregnated support is heat-treated at a temperature of about 800.degree. F.
- 14. The process of claim 12 wherein said heat-treated impregnated support is activated by contacting same with an organometallic compound comprising aluminum triethyl and wherein the activated supported metal complex is treated in the presence of hydrogen at a temperature of at least about 400.degree. F.
- 15. The process of claim 14 wherein the aluminum triethyl is present in a paraffinic diluent in a concentration of about 20 wt. % aluminum triethyl in the diluent.
- 16. The process of claim 1 wherein said impregnated support is heat-treated at a temperature ranging between about 600.degree. and 1500.degree. F. in order to remove liquid and adsorbed oxygen therefrom.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a division of application Ser. No. 596,584, filed 7/17/75, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,978,149, which in turn is a division of Ser. No. 499,793, filed 8/22/74, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,932,547, which in turn is a division of Ser. No. 253,765, filed 5/16/72 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,855,324, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 880,933, filed 11/28/69 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,711,423, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 674,098, filed 10/10/67 now abandoned.
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