Process for the manufacture of oxygen-containing carbon compounds from synthesis gas
AssigneeHoechst Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHans-Joachim Schmidt, Friedrich Wunder, Hans-Jurgen Arpe, Ernst I. Leupold
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Abstract
Acetic acid, ethanol, acetaldehyde and possibly secondary products thereof are prepared by the catalytic reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The catalyst contains, applied onto a carrier, salts or complex compounds of rhodium with a valence below 3, halide ions and salts or complex compounds of magnesium.
Claims13
A process for the manufacture of acetic acid, ethanol, acetaldehyde and any secondary products thereof which comprises catalytically reacting carbon monoxide and hydrogen using a catalyst, applied onto a carrier, containing salts or complex compounds of rhodium either with a valence of less than 3 or prepared by reduction of correspondingly supported compounds of trivalent rhodium at a temperature below 300.degree. C., halide ions and a co-catalyst of magnesium in the form of a salt or complex compound.
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