Precious Metal Catalysts

Having experience in silver and silver alloys for decades, MODICON has now ventured into the manufacturing of Precious Metal Salts, Compounds and Catalysts on the basis of know-how developed in its R & D. The emphasis is to achieve the same level of catalytic activity and selectivity with lower loading of the active metal. Thus, MODICON catalysts are remarkable for their higher catalytic activity, good filterability, overall long life and more value for money.

Pt & Pd Carbon Catalysts are used in the syntheses of all types of Active Pharmaceutical 
Intermediates (APIs).

Presently MODICON catalysts are available for use in the following reactions:
Hydrogenation of aliphatic & aromatic nitriles, nitro & nitroso aromatics and aliphatics to corresponding amines, azo or benzidines, hydrogenation of phenols, quinolines, indoles, furans, pyrroles, and pyridines, and aromatics, hydrogenolysis of O – benzyl and N – benzyl groups, cyclopropanes, oxiranes, furans, rosins, reductive alkylation of substituted anilines and reductive amination of phenols, ketones, aldehydes, imines and phenols.

The following types of catalysts are available:

Palladium on Activated Carbon
Palladium on other supports such as calcium carbonate, and barium sulphate
Platinum on activated carbon
Platinum oxide (Adams’ catalyst)

These catalysts are supplied in both and wet (paste) form as per the customers’ requirement.