US Patent 7951976 - Nano zinc oxide catalyst

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This patent from King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology teaches a nanoscale catalyst  useful in the synthesis of a solvent called methyl isobutyl ketone. Claim 1 reads:

1. A catalyst, comprising:

a platinum group metal;

a metal oxide; and

a nano-zinc oxide.