402. ------. [COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS CORP.] [Synthetic Methanol.] French Patent 635,023, May 25, 1927. Chem. Abs., vol. 22, 1928. p. 3893.

Patent Abstracts

Catalyst for the preparation of MeOH from H₂ and oxides of C comprises 1 or more difficulty reducible metallic oxides, such as the oxides of Zn, Mg, Cd, Cr, V, W, with 1 or more easily reducible metallic oxides such as the oxides of Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, and a metallic halide such as ZnCl₂, MgCl₃, CrCl₃, MgBr₂, ZnBr2. The oxides difficult to reduce are preferably predominant.

See abs. 39, 40, 125, 257, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 761, 3635, 3636, 3637, 3969, 3982, 3984.