Rapid Preparation of Raney Nickel Catalysts Demineralization with Ion-Exchange Resin

The usual preparation of raney nickel catalysts W-21), W-5, and W-62)involves a tedious and time-consuming wasning process with distilled water to remove the last traces of salts. we found that this demineralication can more conveniently be accomplished with ion-exchange resin. The procedures described below have been inuse for several years a our laboratory, where large quantities of Raney Nickel are needed for desulfurization and hydrogenation experiments.