HYDROGENATING FATTY ACIDS USING PROMOTED SUPPORTED NICKEL CATALYST Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC C11C3/12 B01J23/755 B01J33/00 B01J23/78 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of hydrogenating unsaturated fatty acids to obtain saturated fatty acids, which includes hydrogenating unsaturated fatty acids in the presence of hydrogen and a supported nickel catalyst having an oxide substrate, 5-80 wt % nickel, with respect to atomic nickel, of the weight of the catalyst, 0.1-10 wt % of a copper promoter, with respect to atomic copper, of the weight of the catalyst and 1-10 wt % of a group II metal, with respect to metal oxide, of the weight of the catalyst.

EFFECT: copper-promoted nickel catalyst is deactivated more slowly in reaction conditions.

15 cl, 3 ex