MOULDED CATALYST BODIES AND METHOD FOR HYDROGENATION OF CARBONYL COMPOUNDS

A PROCESS FOR THE HYDROGENATION OF AN ORGANIC COMPOUND CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE CARBONYL GROUP COMPRISES BRINGING THE ORGANIC COMPOUND IN THE PRESENCE OF HYDROGEN INTO CONTACT WITH A SHAPED BODY WHICH CAN BE PRODUCED BY A PROCESS IN WHICH (I) AN OXIDIC MATERIAL COMPRISING COPPER OXIDE, ALUMINUM OXIDE AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE OXIDES OF LANTHANUM, TUNGSTEN, MOLYBDENUM, TITANIUM OR ZIRCONIUM IS MADE AVAILABLE, (II) PULVERULENT METALLIC COPPER, COPPER FLAKES, PULVERULENT CEMENT, GRAPHITE, A MIXTURE THEREOF OR A MIXTURE THEREOF WITH GRAPHITE IS ADDED TO THE OXIDIC MATERIAL, AND (III) THE MIXTURE RESULTING FROM (II) IS SHAPED TO FORM A SHAPED BODY, WHEREIN THE SHAPED BODY IS IN THE FORM OF A CATALYST PELLET OR CATALYST EXTRUDATE HAVING A DIAMETER D AND/OR A HEIGHT IN OF < 2.5 MM, A CATALYST SPHERE HAVING A DIAMETER D OF < 2.5 MM OR A CATALYST HONEYCOMB HAVING A CELL DIAMETER Rz OF < 2.5 MM.