PATENT

3381.  SOCIÉTÉ ANON. DES CHARBONS ACTIFS ET PROCÉDÉS E. URBAIN.  [Methanol.]  French Patent 641,195, Mar. 2, 1927.  Chem. Abs., vol. 23, 1929, p. 1141.

Mixture of CO and H₂ for the production of MeOH is obtained by passing over known catalysts a mixture of a hydrocarbon such as CH₄, CO₂ and steam at temperatures 600°-1,200°.