Production of alcohol
US4072720A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 5, 1973 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2531/845
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This specification discloses a process for the production of an alcohol by reacting an aldehyde or an acetal with hydrogen in the presence of carbon monoxide, and as a catalyst, an insoluble polymer containing a functional group, which may be an amine, thiol, phosphine, or arsine group, having chemically bonded thereto a metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table.
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