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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry J Mazanec, Solon, OH (US);
Gary V Goeden, North Royalton, OH (US);
John G Frye, Jr, Solon, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Standard Oil Company, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568902 ; 502344 ;
Abstract
Methanol is converted into alcohols containing at least two carbon atoms by reaction with hydrogen and/or carbon monoxide at elevated temperature and superatmospheric pressure in the presence, as catalyst, of (i) an oxide of Th and/or U and (ii) one or more alkali metals the latter being present in an amount of at least 1% by weight. Preferably the catalyst is free of hydrogenating metals. The methanol can be prepared by reaction of hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a methanol-forming catalyst.