TITLE: Transition Metal Chemistry under High Carbon Monoxide Pressure: An Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Catalysis in the Fischer--Tropsch Reactions.

AUTHOR: R. B. King;   A. D. King;   M. Z. Iqbal;   C. C. Frazier;   R. M. Hanes.

INST.  AUTHOR: Georgia Univ., Athens. Dept. of Chemistry.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  Jan 78,  8p.

ABSTRACT:

Reactions of Rh compounds with olefins in the presence of CO and H sub 2 were investigated using the spectraclave; results suggest the formation of aldehydes and Rh sub 4 (CO) sub 12 . Addition of CO to ((CH sub 3 ) sub 5 C sub 5 M(CO) sub 2 ) sub 2 was found to increase going from M = Cr to Mo and W. HFe(CO) sub 4- was found to be an effective catalyst for the water gas shift reaction (CO + H sub 2 O = CO sub 2 + H sub 2 ) at 140 exp 0 C and 15 to 30 atm pressure. Other metal carbonyls were screened as catalysts; methanol solutions of M(CO) sub 6 (M = Cr, Mo, and W) in the presence of aqueous KOH are active homogeneous catalysts for the water gas shift reaction. (ERA citation 03:027955)

CONTRACT  NUMBER: EY-76-S-09-0933