A process for producing ethanol from the reaction of methanol, hydrogen and carbon monoxide catalyzed by a phosphine-iodine promoted cobaltruthenium catalyst, the improvement of maintaining the phosphine to halide ratio and concentration within a critical range, and whereby the concentration of phosphine compound in the reaction mixture is increased without causing an undesirable decrease in the activity of the catalyst; thereby obtaining a highly stable and active catalyst providing an increased selectivity to ethanol formation. This is accomplished under such conditions that the catalyst stability is maintained and the ratio of phosphine to halide is kept at a relatively constant value during the reaction.
一种利用膦
碘促进
钴钌催化剂催化
甲醇、
氢气和
一氧化碳反应制取
乙醇的工艺,其改进之处在于将膦与卤化物的比例和浓度保持在临界范围内,并在不引起催化剂活性下降的情况下提高反应混合物中膦化合物的浓度;从而获得一种高度稳定和活性的催化剂,提高
乙醇生成的选择性。这是在这样的条件下实现的,即在反应过程中保持催化剂的稳定性,膦与卤化物的比例保持在一个相对恒定的值。