| 摘要 |
This invention concerns a process of making alkanols and particularly methanol which comprises the steps of contacting a mixture of CO and H2 with a catalyst system comprising a ruthenium-containing compound and a halogen-free rhenium-containing compound or a halogen-free manganese-containing compound dispersed in a low melting quaternary phosphonium base or salt, and heating said resultant reaction mixture under a pressure of 500 psig or greater at a temperature of at least 150 DEG C. |
