3961. WOODHOUSE, J. C. (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.). Accelerating Vapor-Phase Reactions Involving Carbon Monoxide. United States Patent 2,003,477, June 4, 1935; appl. filed Feb. 28, 1931, Serial No. 519,276; 17 claims (Cl. 260-116). Chem. Abs., vol.

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3961. WOODHOUSE, J. C. (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.). Accelerating Vapor-Phase Reactions Involving Carbon Monoxide. United States Patent 2,003,477, June 4, 1935; appl. filed Feb. 28, 1931, Serial No. 519,276; 17 claims (Cl. 260-116). Chem. Abs., vol. 29, 1935, p. 4854.

Reaction promoters such as the halogens, hydrohalides, alkyl halides and N oxides are used in accelerating reaction such as the synthesis of HOAc from Co and MeOH or the synthesis of HCN from CO and NH₃ (suitably in the presence of a thoria catalyst or various other reactions involving use of CO.