SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE ON SUPPORTED Rh CATALYSTS PREREDUCED IN SITU WITH H2O AND CO OR H2

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1982.131

Carbon monoxide was selectively converted to ethylene and propylene (>80percent of C1-C6 hydrocarbons produced) at 433-447 K over SiO2-supported Rh catalyst prereduced in situ with a CO-H2O mixture, while another Rh catalyst obtained by the pretreatment in situ with a H2-H2O mixture yielded ethanol and acetaldehyde at a higher selectivity by a factor of about 100 at 453 K than a usual Rh(0) catalyst reduced with H2 alone.