A process for hydrogenating benzenepolycarboxylic acids or derivatives
thereof, such as esters and/or anhydrides, by bringing one or more
benzenepolycarboxylic acids or one or more derivatives thereof into
contact with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of one or more
catalytically active metal, such as platinum, palladium, ruthenium or
mixtures thereof, deposited on a catalyst support comprising one or more
ordered mesoporous materials.