Processes for producing long chain secondary alcohols from fatty acids and fatty oils, wherein at least one fatty acid or a fatty acid mixture is contacted with a ketonization catalyst in a ketonization catalyst under ketonization conditions to provide a long chain ketone, and the long chain ketone is contacted with a selective ketone hydrogenation catalyst that lacks catalytic activity for alcohol dehydration to selectively hydrogenate the long chain ketone to provide the corresponding long chain secondary alcohol.
从
脂肪酸和脂肪油中生产长链次生醇的过程,其中至少一个
脂肪酸或
脂肪酸混合物与酮化催化剂在酮化催化剂下接触,在酮化条件下提供长链酮,然后将长链酮与选择性酮氢化催化剂接触,该催化剂缺乏醇脱
水的催化活性,以选择性氢化长链酮,从而提供相应的长链次生醇。