The invention discloses a 3, 5, 5-trimethyl-1-
hexanal liquid phase hydrogenation catalyst as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and relates to the field of catalysts. The prepared catalyst takes ZnO / SiO2 as a carrier, the
molar ratio of Zn / Si in the carrier is 1: (2-5), Cu and Ni are taken as
active components, and the catalyst comprises the following components in percentage by
mass: 70-80% of the carrier, 15-20% of the
active component CuO and 5-10% of NiO. The preparation method comprises the following steps: uniformly mixing silica
sol and
zinc nitrate, adding the mixture into a reaction kettle with a stirring function, quickly adding alkali liquor, then mixing and adding a
nitrate solution of the
active component into the reaction kettle, after
neutralization is finished, washing, filtering,
drying, granulating,
roasting, and finally flaking into a ring shape to obtain the catalyst. According to the prepared catalyst, the conversion rate of isononyl
aldehyde reaches 99% or above, the selectivity of
isononyl alcohol reaches 99% or above, and the catalyst has excellent activity, selectivity and stability and is beneficial to industrial application and popularization.