The present invention relates to a process for converting an amide into an amine comprising hydrogenation of the amide at a temperature not higher than 130° C. and a hydrogen pressure not higher than 50 bar in the presence of a supported heterogeneous catalyst preparable by a method comprising depositing vanadium on a supported noble metal catalyst by impregnation.

The present invention relates to a process for converting an amide into an amine comprising hydrogenation of the amide at a temperature not higher than 130° C. and a hydrogen pressure not higher than 50 bar in the presence of a supported heterogeneous catalyst preparable by a method comprising depositing vanadium on a supported noble metal catalyst by impregnation.

A method of dry reforming methane with CO.sub.2 using a bi-metallic nickel and ruthenium-based catalyst. A dry reformer having the bimetallic catalyst as reforming catalyst, and a method of producing syngas with the dry reformer.

The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved Rh activation, which comprises a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the substrate, the catalyst coat layer having a two-layer structure, wherein the catalyst coat layer includes an upstream portion on an upstream side and a downstream portion on a downstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a part or all of the upstream portion is formed on a part of the downstream portion, wherein the upstream portion contains Rh fine particles and Pt, wherein the Rh fine particles have an average particle size measured by a transmission electron microscope observation of 1.0 nm or more to 2.0 nm or less, and a standard deviation σ of the particle size of 0.8 nm or less, and wherein the downstream portion contains Rh.

A method for producing bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, including hydrogenating xylylenediamine in the presence of a solvent and a catalyst, wherein the catalyst with decreased activity due to use is treated in a catalyst regeneration treatment step including the following step (1) and step (2), and then reused in a reaction system: step (1): maintaining an amount of bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane in a liquid before the step (2) at 20% by mass or less, step (2): heating the catalyst to 100 to 500° C. and bringing the catalyst into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas.

The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising two layers on an inert catalyst carrier, a layer A containing at least palladium as a platinum group metal, in addition to a cerium/zirconium/lanthanum/yttrium mixed oxide, and a layer B, which is applied to layer A, containing at least rhodium as the platinum group metal, in addition to a cerium/zirconium/lanthanum/yttrium mixed oxide.

The present invention relates to a molding catalyst and a method for producing the same, wherein the molding catalyst is used in the Deacon process for commercial production of chlorine using hydrogen chloride oxidation reaction, exhibits only a small reduction in catalytic activity even when exposed to harsh reaction conditions to thus be durable, and has superb mechanical strength to be suitable for use in a fixed bed catalytic reactor.

The present invention relates to a ruthenium precursor compound, and more particularly, to a ruthenium precursor compound which is for providing ruthenium to an ammonia decomposition reaction catalyst and is represented by Formula C.sub.xH.sub.yO.sub.zN.sub.mRu.sub.n, wherein x is an integer of 3 to 20, y is an integer of 0 to 32, z is an integer of 0 to 20, m is an integer of 0 to 10, and n is an integer of 1 to 3. In addition, the present invention relates to an ammonia reaction catalyst using the ruthenium precursor, and to a method for preparing the ammonia reaction catalyst, and provides an ammonia reaction catalyst having an excellent ammonia conversion rate at low temperatures, thereby being capable of efficient hydrogen production.

Ethylene glycol is prepared from a carbohydrate source in a process,

wherein hydrogen, the carbohydrate source, a liquid diluent and a catalyst system are introduced as reactants into a reaction zone;

wherein the catalyst system comprises a tungsten compound and at least one hydrogenolysis metal selected from the groups 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements;

wherein the diluent that is introduced into the reaction zone comprises an alkylene glycol; and

wherein the carbohydrate source is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of the catalyst system to yield an ethylene glycol-containing product.

The present invention relates to a mixed oxide of aluminium, of zirconium, of cerium, of lanthanum and optionally of at least one rare-earth metal other than cerium and lanthanum that makes it possible to repair a catalyst that retains, after severe ageing, a good thermal stability and a good catalytic activity. The invention also relates to the process for preparing this mixed oxide and also to a process for treating exhaust gases from internal combustion engines using a catalyst prepared from this mixed oxide.