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Tantalum-containing catalyst useful for producing alcohols from synthesis gas

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7207832
A catalyst is described which is useful for selectively converting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a mixture of lower alkanols. The catalyst consists essentially of a mixture of molybdenum sulfide, an alkali metal compound and a tantalum compound.
DOE Contract Number:
AC22-86PC90013
Assignee:
Union Carbide Chemicals Plastics Technology Corp., Danbury, CT (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5102845; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-655024
OSTI ID:
7207832
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English