Synthesis gas to alcohols process
US4775696A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 1986 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C29/156
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for preparing a mixture of lower aliphatic alcohols from the reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a sulfide-containing heavy metal catalyst under carbon monoxide-hydrogenation conditions in which said catalyst comprises at least one sulfided heavy metal element selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, rhenium, and an alkali or alkaline earth promoter which has been treated with a nitrogen-containing compound, or a thermally stable derivative thereof is provided.
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