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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. 27, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuo Ishogai, Niigata, JP;
Motoyuki Hosokawa, Niigata, JP;
Takashi Okawa, Niigata, JP;
Natsuko Wakui, Niigata, JP;
Toshiyasu Watanabe, Niigata, JP;
Assignee:
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568902 ;
Abstract
A process for producing ethanol which comprises reacting methanol, carbon monoxide and hydrogen, characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of (a) an inert solvent and (b) a catalyst containing cobalt compound, a manganese compound and a tertiary phosphine. According to the present invention, amount of by-products formed is small.