MECHANISM OF THE SYNTHESIS OF OXYGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS FROM CO AND H2.

The work is devoted to a study of the mechanism of the formation of aldehydes, alcohols, and hydrocarbons in syntheses from CO and H//2 on a fused iron catalyst. It was shown that in the synthesis of aromatic alcohols and alkoxyalcohols on the basis of CO and H//2, the primary products are aldehydes, which are converted to alcohols and hydrocarbons as a result of secondary reactions. It is shown that the formation of aldehydes as primary products of the reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen provides a basis for believing that the hydrogenation of Co proceeds by successive addition of hydrogen to CO.