Abstract: A catalyst and method are provided for preparing a mixture of lower aliphatic alcohols by reacting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen under suitable conditions of temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising palladium, an alkali metal or a mixture of alkali metals and a molybdenum promoter.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation of predominantly linear polyethylenepolyamines by reacting ethylenediamine with monoethanolamine in the presence of a phosphorus/titania/zirconia catalyst.The catalysts that are used in accordance with the present invention are composed of phosphorus, titania and zirconia. They are prepared by mixing solutions of a tetravalent compound of titanium with a tetravalent compound of zirconium, treating the solution to simultaneously heterogeneously coprecipitate titania and zirconia to form a heterogeneous titania/zirconia support, recovering the coprecipitate, treating it with a compound of phosphorus to bond from about 0.5 to 6 wt. % of phosphorus to the coprecipitate and then stabilizing the resultant catalyst by calcining it at about 200.degree. to about 800.degree. C.