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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wellington E Walker, Sissonville, WV (US);
Assignee:
Union Carbide Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568902 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of ethanol from the cobalt-catalyzed, iodide-promoted reaction of methanol, hydrogen and carbon monoxide, attaining selectivity to ethanol heretofore unachievable at high methanol conversion, wherein the reaction is carried out in an inert solvent, at a temperature of from greater than 180.degree. C. to 220.degree. C. with an iodide to cobalt mole ratio of from 0.1:1 to 4:1.