Alcohols from Biomass as Source of Syngas

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This reaction has to be differentiated from hydroxycarbonylation with formic acid, where formic acid is dehydrated at high temperatures ( 160 °C) in the presence of acetic acid to give CO and HjO under the effect of an iridium catalyst With an olefin as substrate carboxylic acids are formed Simonato, J.-P., Walter, X, and Metivier, P. (2001) J. Mol. Catal. A, 171, 91-94. 

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