Process for the manufacture of saturated fatty acid esters in the presence of a homogeneous complex of a Group VIII metal and a sulfonated phosphite

摘要

Suggested is a process for the manufacture of saturated fatty acid esters by subjecting unsaturated fatty acid esters to hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst suitable for catalysing the saturation of double bonds in the esters, which is characterised in that said catalyst represents a homogenous complex of a Group VIII metal and a sulfonated phosphite as the hydrophilic ligand.