PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FORMIC ESTERS AND METHANOL, CATALYSTS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND PR

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Formic esters or methanol can be stably produced through a continuous reaction at low temperature under low pressure with reduced lowering in the activity even when the starting material contains water, carbon dioxide, or the like. A process for producing formic esters and methanol by reacting a starting material gas containing either carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide or both and hydrogen, characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of an alkali metal formate, either an alkaline earth metal catalyst or an ether having an aromatic ring in the molecular structure or both, a hydrogenolysis catalyst, and an alcohol to thereby obtain methanol.