METHANOL HOMOLOGATION USING IRON-COBALT CATALYST

摘要

A homogeneous catalytic process for the homologation of methanol to methyl acetate or methanol to ethanol, acetaldehyde or mixtures thereof. The process comprises reacting methanol with CO to yield methyl acetate or methanol with CO and H2 to yield ethanol, acetaldehyde or mixtures thereof in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of an iron-cobalt carbonyl cluster complex and an iodide promoter at temperatures of from about 100 to 250 DEG C and pressures of about 5 to 100 MPa.