US 7,579,508 B2
	Process for producing alcohol
Toru Sakamoto, Wakayama (Japan); Osamu Tabata, Wakayama (Japan); and Hideaki Ueoka, Ibaraki (Japan)
Assigned to Kao Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/570,899 PCT Filed Sep. 08, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/013383 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 07, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/026091, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-316411 (JP), filed on Sep. 09, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0032686 A1, Feb. 08, 2007
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C07C 27/06 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 568—864  [568/861; 568/884; 568/885]

18 Claims

1. A process for producing glycerin and an alcohol, comprising hydrogenating a glyceride in the presence of a catalyst and added water, thereby producing said glycerin and alcohol, wherein the alcohol is derived from the acid constituting the glyceride.