Process for producing alcohols
US4703064A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 1983 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C29/157
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates to the manufacture of valuable alcohols containing 1 to 2 carbon atoms, especially ethylene glycol, methanol, and ethanol, from the reaction of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, by a homogeneous catalytic process using as the catalyst a synergistic mixture of solubilized ruthenium carbonyl complexes.
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