6.     ADKINS, H., AND PERKINS, P. D. Behavior of Methanol Over Aluminum and Zinc Oxides. Jour. Phys. Chem., vol. 32, 1928, pp. 221-224; Chem. Abs. vol. 22, 1928, p. 1521. 

  Fifty cc. of CH₂OH per hr. was passed over 1 gm. of catalyst at 300°-400°. CH₂OH was converted almost quantitatively over the Al₂O₃ catalyst into (CH₃)₂O in increasing amounts at temperatures up to 350°. Further increase in temperature resulted in a rapid increase in products other than (CH₃)₂O (CO₂, CO, C₂H₄, H₂ and CH₄). Formation of (CH₃)₂O over the ZnO was almost negligible. Formation of gaseous decomposition products occurred, however, above 325°. Synthesis of CH3OH by catalytic hydration of (CH₃)₂O over Al₂O₃ was accomplished at 270°-430°. Optimum H₂O : (CH₃)₂O ratio as constant flow varied with the amount of catalyst used.