The invention provides a catalyst and applications thereof in producing
citronellal and / or
citronellol by using
citral. The catalyst can be used to catalyze the hydrogenation of
citral to prepare
citronellal and / or
citronellol, and also can directionally prepare different target products with
high selectivity by changing external conditions. A preparation method for the modified
phthalocyanine catalyst includes the following steps: step 1) taking
phthalocyanine and / or subphthalocyanine compounds as a carrier, performing heating
reflux on the carrier and a metallic compound in the presence of asolvent, preferably performing
reflux for more than 5 h, more preferably performing
reflux for 5-10 h, and obtaining a catalyst I after filtering, washing and
drying, wherein the metallic compound isa combination of one or more of
palladium,
ruthenium and
rhodium metallic compounds, and preferably, the metallic compound is 0.2 mol% - 5.0 mol% of the
molar weight of the carrier, preferably 0.5 mol% - 2.0 mol% according to the
metal element contained therein.