Question

The alcohol manufactured from water gas is

• A. $C{H}_{3}OH$
• B. $C_2{H}_{5}OH$
• C. $C{H}_{3}C{H}_{2}C{H}_{2}OH$
• D. $(C{H}_3{)}_{2}CHOH$

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Methyl alcohol is manufactured from water gas. In this process, water gas (an equimolar mixture of $CO$ and $H_2$ ) is heated with half its volume of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
$\underset{\text{water gas}}{CO+H_2+H_2}A\underset{300-400^{\circ }C}{\overset{Cr{O}_3-ZnO}{\to }}\underset{\text{Methyl Alcohol(Patart Process)}}{C{H}_{3}OH}$