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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. 07, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald Doyle, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568487 ; 568902 ; 568890 ;
Abstract
Methanol can be selectively converted to acetaldehyde, ethanol or mixtures thereof, using a homogeneous process. The process comprises contacting methanol with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalytic system containing cobalt-ruthenium complexes or a soluble ruthenium compound plus Co.sub.2 (CO).sub.8-n where n is from 0 to 4.