Sunday, April 8, 2012

Direct conversion of methane to methanol over nano-[Au/SiO2] in [Bmim]Cl ionic liquid

Applied Catalysis A: General, Volume 398, Issues 1–2, 15 May 2011, Pages 150–154
Direct conversion of methane to methanol over nano-[Au/SiO2] in [Bmim]Cl ionic liquid
T. Li,
S.J. Wang
C.S. Yu,
Y.C. Ma,
K.L. Li,
L.W. Lin
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China
Abstract
Describes a green chemical process employing nano-particle gold as the catalyst and ionic liquids (IL) as solvent for the methane oxidation.
Researchers studied the influence of the amounts of Au/SiO2 and the ionic liquid on the conversion of methane at reaction temperature of 90 °C. The main product is methanol, which exists as the methyl group of the methyl trifluoroacetate. The conversion of methane in the recycled system remains as high as 21.75%. The mechanism of methane to methano conversion, as well as the catalytic action of the nano-gold, was also discussed.
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