Texaco Inc.

Michael V Grazioso

David A Storm

Edwin R Kerr, Deceased

Richard F Love

A method is provided for preparing a mixture of lower aliphatic alcohols characterized by containing a substantial proportion of aliphatic alcohols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms by reacting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen under suitable conditions of temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst comprising molybdenum and a metal from the group consisting of cobalt, iron and nickel, said catalyst being modified by the addition of a promoter from the class consisting of potassium, cesium and rubidium, said promoter being employed at a concentration ranging from about 1.8 to 13.0 micromoles of said alkali per square meter of surface area of said catalyst.

Process for producing lower aliphatic alcohols

A method is provided for preparing a mixture of lower aliphatic alcohols characterized by containing a substantial proportion of aliphatic alcohols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms by reacting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen under suitable conditions of temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst comprising molybdenum, a metal from the group consisting of cobalt, iron and nickel, and copper, said catalyst being modified by the addition of a promoter from the class consisting of potassium, cesium and rubidium, said promoter being employed at a concentration ranging from about 1.8 to 13.0 micromoles of said alkali per square meter of surface area of said catalyst.

Production of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 aliphatic alcohols

A method is provided for preparing a mixture of lower aliphatic alcohols characterized by containing a substantial proportion of aliphatic alcohols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms by reacting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen under suitable conditions of temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst comprising molybdenum, a metal from the group consisting of cobalt, iron and nickel, and silver, said catalyst being modified by the addition of a promoter from the class consisting of potassium, cesium and rubidium, said promoter being employed at a concentration ranging from about 1.8 to 13.0 micromoles of said alkali per square meter of surface area of said catalyst.

Aliphatic alcohol production

A method is provided for preparing a mixture of lower aliphatic alcohols characterized by containing a substantial proportion of aliphatic alcohols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms by reacting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen under suitable conditions of temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst comprising molybdenum, a metal from the group consisting of cobalt, iron and nickel, and rhenium, said catalyst being modified by the addition of a promoter from the class consisting of potassium, cesium and rubidium, said promoter being employed at a concentration ranging from about 1.8 to 13.0 micromoles of said alkali per square meter of surface area of said catalyst.

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Poughkeepsie, NY, United States of America

Michael V Grazioso