400. ------. [COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS CORP.] [Methanol.] French Patent 644,525, June 20, 1927. Chem. Abs., vol. 23, 1929, p. 1910.

Patent Abstracts

Catalyst composed of 1 or more difficulty reducible oxides and a metallic halide is used in the production of CH₃OH from H₂ and CO. In examples a mixture of (1) Cr₂O₃ and ZnCl₂ or MgCl₂: (2) Cr₂O₃, ZnO, or MgO and ZNCl₂: (3) WO₃, ZnO, and ZnBr₂; and (4) oxide of U and ZnCl₂ are used.