Process for the production of methanol and catalyst composition for said process
US4888361A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 17, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2009 |
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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 production of methanol comprising contacting a gaseous mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen with a catalytic system, obtainable by combination of: PA1 component (a): a salt containing a cation of an element of Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, PA1 component (b): an alcohol, and PA1 component (c): an alcoholate derived from an alkali metal or from an alkaline earth metal, and activation the combined components, and a catalyst system to be used in this process.
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