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As a catalytic material in effecting reactions such as production of MeOH, material comprising difficultly reducible basic and acidic oxides, a material amount of which are in loose chemical combination, are employed, such as oxides of Zn and Cr, with the acidic oxide or oxides predominating in the catalyst.