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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:
Dec. 20, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
John S Bradley, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
518700 ;
Abstract
Hydrogen and carbon monoxide are converted into methanol by means of the catalytic action of soluble ruthenium-carbonyl containing complexes at a temperature of from about 250.degree.-300.degree. C., pressures of from about 54 to 200 MPa and CO/H.sub.2 ratio of from 3:1 to 1:10. The soluble ruthenium-carbonyl containing complex is prepared in situ in the reaction medium from sources of ruthenium capable of forming Ru-CO containing complexes.