Process for the production of methanol and a composition suitable for use as a catalyst in said process
US4868221A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 1988 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/52
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the preparation of methanol by contacting CO and H.sub.2 with a novel catalytic system formed by combining (a) a nickel salt having a pK.sub.a <4.70, (b) an alcohol, and (c) a hydride of an alkali metal or of an alkaline earth metal.
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