HYDROGENATION OF CO OVER SILICA-SUPPORTED Mo–Ir CATALYSTS

Yasushi Kuwahara, Hideaki Hamada, Yoshiaki Kintaichi, Takehiko Ito, Katsuhiko Wakabayashi

Chemistry Letters · 1985 · 11 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

Abstract Silica-supported Mo–Ir bimetallic catalysts exhibited much higher activity than the monometallic Mo or Ir catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO at 220–240 °C and 21 atm. Alcohols up to four carbon atoms were found to be produced over the bimetallic catalysts.

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