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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
William E Slinkard, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Anthony B Baylis, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Celanese Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568902 ;
Abstract
An improvement in the process wherein carbon monoxide and hydrogen are reacted in the liquid phase in the presence of a cobalt carbonyl catalyst whereby increased amounts of ethanol may be produced, which improvement comprises conducting the reaction in the presence of a non-polar, substantially inert, oxygenated hydrocarbon solvent.