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Syngas reactions XII. The selective preparation of acetaldehyde, alkanols, esters and acetic acid from synthesis gas

✍ Scribed by John F Knifton; J J Lin


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
351 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
0268-2605

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✦ Synopsis


Several classes of commercially important oxygenates, including acetaldehyde, ethanol, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate and acetic acid as well as C1-C3 alcohol/acetate ester mixtures, may each be selectively generated from synthesis gas through the application of novel classes of rutheniumcontaining bimetallic catalysts particularly those of ruthenium and cobalt (Ru-Co). A particular feature of these versatile catalysts is that all precursors are iodidefree. Products are formed through a combination of carbon monoxide hydrogenation, methanol homologation, methyl acetate homologation and methanol carbonylation reaction sequences.