Low temperature activation of methane over a zinc-exchanged heteropolyacid as an entry to its selective oxidation to methanol and acetic acid

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Article
Authors
Patil, Umesh
Saih, Youssef
Abou-Hamad, Edy cc
Hamieh, Ali Imad Ali cc
Pelletier, Jeremie cc
Basset, Jean-Marie cc
KAUST Department
KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) Division
Chemical Science Program
Date
2014

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Abstract
A Zn-exchanged heteropolyacid supported onto silica (Zn-HPW/SiO2) activates methane at 25 °C into Zn-methyl. At higher temperatures and with CH4/O2 or CH4/CO2, it gives methanol and acetic acid respectively. This journal is
Sponsors
We gratefully acknowledge King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) for financial support.
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Journal
Chem. Commun.
ISSN
13597345
DOI
10.1039/c4cc04950k
PubMed ID
25182752
Handle URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563243
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