2585.     PATART, G.  [Synthesis of Methanol by the Reduction of Carbon Monoxide.]  Compt. rend., vol. 179, 1924, pp. 1330-1332; Chem. Abs., vol. 19, 1925, p. 814.   

        Mixture of CO and H₂, 1:2, by vol. was circulated in a closed system for 3 hr.  Pure ZnO, granular or suspended on asbestos, was used as a catalyst at 400°-420° and 150-259 atm.  In a portion of the system cooled to 20° a liquid composed almost entirely of H₂O and MeOH collected.  At the end of the run the volume of CO and H₂ remaining was about 1:1.  Gives complete analyses of the gas mixtures before and after the experiment.