Question

An industrial method for the preparation of methanol is:

• A. by catalytic reduction of carbon monoxide
• B. by reacting methane with steam in presence of a catalyst
• C. by reduction of $HCHO$ with $LiAl{H}_4$
• D. by reduction of $HCHO$ with aqueous $NaOH$

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

by catalytic reduction of carbon monoxide

An industrial method for the preparation of methanol is by catalytic reduction of carbon monoxide.
$\underset{\text{Synthetic gas}}{\underset{\text{water gas}}{CO+H_2}+H_2}\underset{\text{300 deg C, pressure}}{\overset{C{r}_2{O}_3-ZnO}{\to }}\underset{\text{Methanol}}{C{H}_3-OH}$