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

Umesh Patil; Youssef Saih; Edy Abou-Hamad; Ali Hamieh; Jérémie D A Pelletier; Jean Marie Basset

doi:10.1039/c4cc04950k

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

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Oct 21;50(82):12348-51. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04950k.

Authors

Umesh Patil¹, Youssef Saih, Edy Abou-Hamad, Ali Hamieh, Jérémie D A Pelletier, Jean Marie Basset

Affiliation

¹ KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia. jeanmarie.basset@kaust.edu.sa.

PMID: 25182752
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04950k

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.