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 1665.    KARPOV, A. Z.  [Synthesis of Methanol From Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen.]  Org. Chem. Ind. (U.S.S.R.), vol. 6, 1939, pp. 574-577; Chem. Abs., vol. 34, 1940, pp. 5047, 6929.

       MeOH is obtained in good yield by passing CO-H₂ mixture over a Zn-Cr-Ni catalyst at 370°.  The gas from COMe₂-BuOH fermentation contains traces of S compounds, which inactivate the catalyst; such gases may be purified by passing over active C.

        See abs. 724, 728, 3557.