The invention relates to a method for hydrogenation preparing
isobutyraldehyde and isobutyl acohol from
methacrolein. The method comprises using a supported
metal catalyst, and hydrogenating
methacrolein obtained by oxidating isobutene under gentle conditions. The invention provides a novel synthesis process for hydrogenation preparing
isobutyraldehyde and isobutyl acohol from
methacrolein which is obtained by air-oxidating low-utilization C4 material isobutene or tert-
butanol. The methacrolein conversion rate is larger than 98%, the total selectivity of
isobutyraldehyde and isobutyl acohol is larger than 95%, the performance of the catalyst is stable even the reaction lasts more than 1000 hours. The invention has the advantages of
high activity and
high selectivity of catalyst, good stability of catalyst, cheap material isobutene, low productin cost of isobutene, environment-protecting process, and suitability of industrialisation production. The process is flexible, can change the proportion of isobutyraldehyde and isobutyl acohol through adjusting the reaction process condition, thereby cogenerating isobutyraldehyde and isobutyl acohol, or only generating isobutyl acohol by
cycling and hydrogenating isobutyraldehyde.