Control of methanol oxidation by ionic behavior in supercritical water

M Watanabe; K Sue; T Adschiri; H Inomata; R L Smith Jr; K Arai

doi:10.1039/b103728p

Control of methanol oxidation by ionic behavior in supercritical water

Chem Commun (Camb). 2001 Nov 7:(21):2270-1. doi: 10.1039/b103728p.

Authors

M Watanabe¹, K Sue, T Adschiri, H Inomata, R L Smith Jr, K Arai

Affiliation

¹ Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Tohoku University, 07 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan.

PMID: 12240145
DOI: 10.1039/b103728p

Abstract

In supercritical water the rate of methanol oxidation was controlled by ionic behavior as follows: the oxidation rate of methanol decreased with increasing proton and hydroxide ion concentration, possibly due to stabilization of the reactant, while that of CO was suppressed by added protons and enhanced by added hydroxide ions.