Catalyst and method of preparation

摘要

A catalyst for the manufacture of organic compounds comprising an intimate mixture of a reducible metal oxide and at least one refractory oxide, treated by heating to a temperature in the range of 550 DEG C. to 1000 DEG C. in the presence of a preselected reducing gas in amount sufficient to substantially inhibit or disrupt crystallite growth as evidenced by characteristic x-ray diffraction pattern, concomitantly enhancing catalytic activity, and the method of preparation.