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Patent No.:

US 4451678 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1984

Filed:

Apr. 12, 1983

Process for producing ethanol

Applicant:
Inventors:

Nobuo Isogai, 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:

Browdy and Neimark

Primary Examiner:

J E Evans

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568902 ; 568877 ; 568885 ; 568907 ;
Abstract

A process for producing ethanol which comprises reacting methanol, carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of (a) a catalyst comprising cobalt or a cobalt compound and an alkyl phosphine as an effective component and (b) a co-catalyst comprising hydrochloric acid and in the absence of an iodide is disclosed. According to the present invention, formation of by-products becomes less and selectivity to realizable ethanol becomes higher.

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Isogai, Nobuo. (1984). Process for producing ethanol (U.S. Patent No. 4451678). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4451678

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