3385. ----- [SOCIÉTÉ CHIMIQUE DE LA GRANDE PAROISSE, AZOTE ET PRODUITS CHIMIQUES.] Catalytic Production of Alcohols, Aldehydes, Ketones, Acids, Ethers, and Esters. British Patent 296,049, Aug. 24, 1927. Chem. Abs., vol. 23, 1929, p. 2186.

Various O-containing organic compounds are obtained by the reaction of CO ( or a suitable gas containing CO) on H₂O in the presence of a mixed catalyst containing at least 1 element of the series K, Na, Mg, V, Cr, Mo, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Zn, Cd, Hg, Pb, As, Sb, Bi, in association with at least 1 element of the series Be, Mg, Al, Ce, Si, Ti, Zr, Th, U, Li, Ca, Sr, Ba, and W. Temperatures up to 550° and pressures up to 600 atm. may be used and the walls of the reaction vessels may be made of chrome, silicon or Mn steels or of Cu or Ag. Gives examples of the producton of : (1) Alcohols with a catalyst formed of Mn carbonate, MgO and Al₂O₃; (2) formic acid with a catalyst of Th oxide and K₃CO₃; (3) ethers with a catalyst of Cu, Th, and Bi compounds precipitated on pumice; (4) alcohols with a catalyst formed of Mn oxide, and Al₂O₃; (5) alcohols and other organic compounds with use of a catalyst comprising a precipitate obtained by treating a solution formed from HCl, antimonious oxide, and Th nitrate with (NH₄)₂CO₃: (6) alcohols with a catalyst formed by treating a solution of Pb nitrate and Sr nitrate with (NH₄)₂CO₃: and (7) production of lower aliphatic alcohols and acids with a catalyst containing Th and Co and prepared similarly to the catalyst of “6.”

See also French Patent 651,167 (abs. 3392).