BASF’s new range of catalysts includes catalysts to produce isopropyl alcohol (IPA) more efficiently, a crucial ingredient in hand sanitisers. BASF’s high performance oxo alcohol catalyst Ni 3354 E combines high activity with high selectivity. The catalyst has been tested and qualified to produce IPA through hydrogenation of acetone. Ni 3354 E allows IPA producers to operate at high throughput rates and temperatures without a drop in selectivity thus increasing productivity.
BASF also qualified chromium-free copper extrudate catalysts such as Cu 0560 E to further broaden its hydrogenation catalyst offering, enabling IPA producers to select the most suitable product solution for process requirements.
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