Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1999, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (5): 794.

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Selective One Step Synthesis of Acetic Acid from Syngas over Rh/NaY Catalyst

XU Bo-Qing, Sachtler W. M. H.   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, State Key Lab. of C1 Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084;
    2. V.N.Ipatieff Laboratory, Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
  • Online:1999-05-24 Published:1999-05-24

Abstract: Rhodium catalyst entrapped in the supercages of NaYzeolite(Rh/NaY) was used for syngas conversion at 1.0MPa and 250 ℃. It was shown that the catalyst was highly stable and selective for a direct synthesis of acetic acid. The selectivity of acetic acid was about 50% with a syngas that contains equal moles of CO and H2The selectivity increases up to 70% when n(CO)/n(H2)=3. No formation of ethanol was detected under steady catalysis, and the formation of all other C2oxygenates was below 5%.

Key words: Rhodium catalyst, Zeolite, Syngas, Acetic acid, Rh/NaY

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