Synthesis of higher alcohols from syngas - recently patented catalysts and tentative ideas on the mechanism

The Water-Gas Shift Reaction

1980 • 972 citations

Methanol Synthesis

1982 • 606 citations

The activity and state of the copper surface in methanol synthesis catalysts

1986 • 537 citations

Alkali Doping in Heterogeneous Catalysis

1983 • 399 citations

Mechanism of Hydrocarbon Synthesis over Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts

1981 • 371 citations

Some Aspects of the Mechanism of Methanation and Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

1978 • 291 citations

Synthesis gas conversion over supported rhodium and rhodium-iron catalysts

1978 • 265 citations

C1-C6 alcohols from synthesis gas on copper-cobalt catalysts

1982 • 265 citations

Catalysis by Supported Metal Crystallites from Carbonyl Clusters. I. Catalytic Methanol Synthesis under Mild Conditions over Supported Rhodium, Platinum, and Iridium Crystallites Prepared from Rh, Pt, and Ir Carbonyl Cluster Compounds Deposited on ZnO and MgO

1978 • 201 citations

Catalysis by Supported Metal Crystallites from Carbonyl Clusters. II. Catalytic Ethanol Synthesis from CO and H2 under Atmospheric Pressure over Supported Rhodium Crystallites Prepared from Rh Carbonyl Clusters Deposited on TiO2, ZrO2, and La2O3

1978 • 161 citations

The formation of oxygen-containing organic molecules by the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide using a lanthanum rhodate catalyst

1982 • 154 citations

The hydrogenation of carbon monoxide over rhodium oxide surfaces

1981 • 143 citations

Promoter action in Fischer-Tropsch catalysis

1985 • 116 citations

The chemical state of copper during methanol synthesis

1986 • 115 citations

Mechanism of formation of C2-oxygenated compounds from CO + H2 reaction over SiO2-supported Rh catalysts

1984 • 109 citations

On the mechanism of higher alcohol formation over metal oxide catalysts I. A rationale for branching in the synthesis of higher alcohols from syngas

1986 • 86 citations

Catalytic synthesis of ethanol from CO and H2 under atmospheric pressure over pyrolysed rhodium carbonyl clusters on TiO2, ZrO2, and La2O3

1978 • 84 citations

In situ gravimetric studies of the regenerative mechanism for water‐gas shift over magnetite: Equilibrium and kinetic measurements in CO₂/CO and H₂O/H₂ gas mixtures

1982 • 42 citations

Studies of the interactions of H2 and CO with Pd/SiO2 promoted with Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs

1986 • 35 citations

The formation of C2-oxygenates from synthesis gas over oxide-supported rhodium

1986 • 30 citations

Effect of alkaline carbonate on the dissociation of the CO bond in the methanation over catalyst

1986 • 22 citations

Frequency response study of the effect of alkali promotion on Rh/TiO2 catalysts: Evidence for kinetically distinct H2-sorbing sites

1986 • 21 citations

The chemical state of copper during methanol synthesis Reply to Chinchen and Waugh

1986 • 20 citations

The formation of C2-oxygenates from synthesis gas over oxide-supported rhodium. Reply to van der Lee and Ponec

1986 • 17 citations

Determination of the surface composition of copper-nickel alloy powders: A comparison between hydrogen chemisorption and the reaction of N2O decomposition

1985 • 12 citations