3344.     ---------------.  [TAYLOR, R.]  Catalytic Syntheses With Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Under Pressure.  Jour. Chem. Soc., 1934, pp. 1429-1431; Chem. Abs., vol. 29, 1935, p. 115.

        With 3 catalysts [Mn-Cr-Rb oxide (I), Zn-Mn-K-Co oxide (II), and Cu-Mn oxide-Co sulfide (III)] the weights of the constituent alcohols per kgm. of crude product were found as follows (the data for (III) were obtained with product that had been hydrogenated, and aldehydes and acids had been removed from the other 2 products before distillation of the alcohols) (the order is (III), (I), (II)); MeOH 220, 420, 198; EtOH 200, 12, 86; PrOH 50, 43, 17; iso-BuOH 3, 69, 11; BuOH 16, -----, 4; β-methylamyl alcohol -----, 6.5, -----; hexyl alcohol 2, -----, -----; heptyl alcohol <1, -----, -----; residue 1; 89, 1.5.  (III), which contained Co but no alkali, produced alcohols higher than C₂, the majority of which had straight chains, and (I), which contained alkali but no Co, gave higher alcohols, a large proportion of which had branched chains, while (II) gave both alcohols.