Process for producing oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compounds.

摘要

Compounds containing oxygen, hydrogen and carbon having 1 or 2 carbon atoms can be prepared by reacting a gaseous mixture of carbon oxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising (A) substantially metallic rhodium; (B) an oxide of a metal of Group IIa, IIIa, IVa or Va of the Periodic Table of short form; and optionally (C) an element selected from niobium, tantalum, chromium, manganese and rhenium when the metal oxide (B) is of a metal of Group IIIa, IVa or Va. This catalyst composition is highly efficient under relatively mild reaction conditions and can be prepared easily and inexpensively.