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Catalytic functionalization of methane
Author(s) -
SüssFink Georg,
Stanislas Sandrine,
Shul'pin Georgiy B.,
Nizova Galina V.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
applied organometallic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1099-0739
pISSN - 0268-2605
DOI - 10.1002/1099-0739(200010)14:10<623::aid-aoc48>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - chemistry , catalysis , methanol , methane , formaldehyde , hydrogen peroxide , aqueous solution , vanadate , acetonitrile , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
A mixture of sodium vanadate and pyrazine‐2‐carboxylic acid (pcaH) efficiently catalyses the reaction of methane with molecular oxygen (from air) and hydrogen peroxide to give methyl hydroperoxide and, as consecutive products, methanol and formaldehyde. The reaction takes place under mild conditions (25–75 °C) either in aqueous or in acetonitrile solution. The complexes formed from the catalyst precursor and the co‐catalyst (under the reaction conditions) have been isolated and characterized as the derivatives [VO 2 (pca) 2 ] − (1) and [VO(O 2 ) (pca) 2 ] − (3). The implications of these species in the catalytic process are discussed. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.