The reduction of CO by the nitrogen-fixing systems Ti(OH)(3)-Mo(OH)(3) and
MgTi2O4-Mo(OH)(3) was studied in aqueous and water-methanol media; in the l
atter, (CO)-C-14 was used as the reagent. The main reaction product is meth
anol, whose yield in the H2O-MeOH-KOH mixture is almost an order of magnitu
de higher than that in an aqueous alkaline solution. The data obtained were
compared to those for the reduction of N-2.