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Gold Redox Catalysis for Selective Oxidation of Methane to Methanol
Author(s) -
De Vos Dirk E.,
Sels Bert F.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200461561
Subject(s) - methane , catalysis , methanol , redox , selectivity , anaerobic oxidation of methane , chemistry , inert , inorganic chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry
As good as gold : The activation and selective oxygenation of inert CH bonds, as in methane, is a demanding problem. It is now shown that the combination of gold as a catalyst and H 2 SeO 4 as the oxidant results in a 94 % selectivity for CH 3 OSO 3 H at 28 % CH 4 conversion (see scheme). These results mean that gold now claims its place alongside the other noble metals as a methane oxidation catalyst.
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