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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Devinder Mahajan, South Setauket, NY (US);
Inventor:
Devinder Mahajan, South Setauket, NY (US);
Assignee:
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, Upton, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J031/00 ; B01J037/00 ; C08F004/02 ; C08F004/60 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a homogenous catalyst for the production of methanol from purified synthesis gas at low temperature and low pressure which includes a transition metal capable of forming transition metal complexes with coordinating ligands and an alkoxide, the catalyst dissolved in a methanol solvent system, provided the transition metal complex is not transition metal carbonyl. The coordinating ligands can be selected from the group consisting of N-donor ligands, P-donor ligands, O-donor ligands, C-donor ligands, halogens and mixtures thereof.