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Homologation process making higher alcohols

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OSTI ID:867430

A liquid phase process for the manufacture of C.sub.2+ alkanols by the reaction of hydrogen with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst containing ruthenium, cobalt, a halide-containing compound, and an aromatic compound substituted in adjacent ring positions by nitrogen atoms. The process embraces the use of rhodium as an additive to the catalyst system.

Research Organization:
UNION CARBIDE CORP
DOE Contract Number:
AC22-84PC70022
Assignee:
Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc. (Danbury, CT)
Patent Number(s):
US 4935547
OSTI ID:
867430
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English