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Raney® Industrial Applications

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Group

Typical Products

Market Applications

Nitro Chlorophenylenediamines Dyes
Nitro Toluenediamine Polyurethanes
Nitro Alkanolamines Solvents
Aldehyde Sorbitol Food & Drugs
Aldehyde Butanol / Oxoalcohols Solvents
Nitrile Hexamethylenediamine Nylon
Nitrile Fatty Amines Surfactants
Olefin H2-ated rosin esters Paints & Finishes
Olefin Sulfolane Petrol. Solvent
Acetylene Butanediol Solvents, Polymers
Aromatic Cyclohexanol Nylons

 

Raney® Organic Synthesis Applications

Raney® catalysts are applied in many organic synthesis steps, some examples are:

Hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds
Reductive alkylation of carbonyl compounds with amines
Hydrogenolysis of esters and ethers
Dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons and alcohols
Dehalogenation
Desulfurization
Asymmetric Synthesis
Isotope labeling

More specific information can be found in our application section  

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This page was last edited on Wednesday 15 September 2004
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