申请人:Wass Duncan Frank
公开号:US20130116481A1
公开(公告)日:2013-05-09
A method is described for use in a process for the conversion of an alcohol, the method including the step of contacting a composition comprising a first alcohol with a catalyst composition. Catalyst composition described comprises: i) a source of a Group VIII transition metal; ii) a phosphine ligand of formula PR
1
R
2
R
3
, wherein R
1
, R
2
and R
3
are the same or different; and iii) a base. In examples described, the alcohol which is converted comprises ethanol and the product comprises butanol.
描述了一种用于将醇转化的过程中使用的方法,该方法包括将包含第一醇的组合物与催化剂组合物接触的步骤。所述催化剂组合物包括:i)一种第VIII族过渡金属的来源;ii)一个具有PR1R2R3公式的膦配体,其中R1,R2和R3相同或不同;以及iii)一种碱。在所描述的示例中,被转化的醇为乙醇,产物为丁醇。