479. ------. [DEUTSCHE GOLD- UND SILBER SCHEIDEANSTALT VORMALS ROESSLER.] [Production of Methanol From a Mixture of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.] French Patent 996,442, Dec. 19, 1951; appl. filed Sept. 30, 1949. Chem. Zentralb., vol. 123. 1952, p. 45

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479. ------. [DEUTSCHE GOLD- UND SILBER SCHEIDEANSTALT VORMALS ROESSLER.] [Production of Methanol From a Mixture of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.] French Patent 996,442, Dec. 19, 1951; appl. filed Sept. 30, 1949. Chem. Zentralb., vol. 123. 1952, p. 4529.

MeOH is made from CO and H₂ with formation of methyl formate as byproduct and reduction of the same to MeOH at <200º 9preferably 80º-170º) and at pressure 100 atm. (preferably 30-60 atm.). The proportions of H₂; CO in the gas mixture are 2:1. The reaction is best preformed in the liquid phase, for example, in a solution of alkali methylate in MeOH, in which the hydrogenation catalyst is suspended.

See abs. 2516.