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

AUTHOR: R. B. King;   A. D. King.

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 79,  14p.

ABSTRACT:

The reactions of CO to produce alcohols, H sub 2 , and aldehydes all involve catalysis by transition metal complexes and carbonyls.  High-pressure infrared spectroscopy was used to study the chemistry of these complex carbonyls. Co and Ru carbonyls were studied in the alcohol manufacture reaction, while the carbonyls of Cr, Mo, W, and Fe were used in the water gas shift reaction CO + H sub 2 O implies CO sub 2 + H sub 2 . Rh was used in the hydroformylation (aldehyde synthesis) reaction.  Addition of CO to metal--metal triple bonds was studied. (ERA citation 04:032739)

CONTRACT  NUMBER: EY-76-S-09-0933