Development of Catalysts for Petrochemistry

In petrochemical plants producing bulk chemical products, standard palladium and platinum catalysts for hydrogenation can be applied in some cases, but the specifications of those catalysts need to be optimized for the maximal production efficiency depending on types of reactants and reaction conditions.

We are capable of manufacturing catalysts tailored to the customers' requirements, as well as working with customers to optimize preparation methods to meet their needs, thereby producing catalysts suitable for each of their processes.

We provide high-performance and high-quality catalysts by mass-production and quality-control techniques that we have nurtured in this field through continuous research efforts as a leading company.

Flow of Catalyst Development

Development of Fine Chemical Catalysts

Fine chemical products are generally manufactured through multi-step synthesis, which result in the increased amount of waste. In recent years, from the perspective of atom economy (atom efficiency) that requires reduction of waste, catalysts play a key role in efficient production with less environmental impact.

We have a variety of products with different specifications, and our depth of knowledge enables us to offer the best catalyst to meet the customer's requirements.

We are promoting research and development of not only slurry bed hydrogenation catalysts, but also complexes for cross-coupling reaction used in homogeneous system, whose applications have been rapidly expanding in recent years.

To reduce the high cost of precious metal complex catalysts mainly due to the cost of precious metal, we propose the reduction of catalyst usage by using highly active catalysts as well as the use of metal scavengers that can collect efficiently precious metals from reaction system.

Strengths of Our Company：

• Based on our knowledge, we can offer the best catalyst for you from our extensive lineup of catalysts.

An example of cross-coupling reaction using our highly active Pd complexes "NECO-295" and "NECO-296".

An example of removal of Pd complexes from a solution using our scavenger "CPs".