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Front Cover: Importance of Methane Chemical Potential for Its Conversion to Methanol on Cu‐Exchanged Mordenite (Chem. Eur. J. 34/2020)
Author(s) -
Zheng Jian,
Lee Insu,
Khramenkova Elena,
Wang Meng,
Peng Bo,
Gutiérrez Oliver Y.,
Fulton John L.,
Camaioni Donald M.,
Khare Rachit,
Jentys Andreas,
Haller Gary L.,
Pidko Evgeny A.,
SanchezSanchez Maricruz,
Lercher Johannes A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202002229
Subject(s) - methane , mordenite , methanol , chemistry , front cover , molecule , yield (engineering) , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , cover (algebra) , organic chemistry , zeolite , thermodynamics , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering
Tricopper‐oxo clusters [Cu 3 (μ‐O) 3 ] 2+ hosted in mordenite can selectively oxidize methane to methanol but yields are limited. At standard pressure, one cluster reacts with one CH 4 molecule. Elevated methane pressure increased the chemical potential of methane by enabling the activation of two CH 4 molecules by two μ‐O atoms out of the three contained in a [Cu 3 (μ‐O) 3 ] 2+ , thus doubling the yield of methanol. More information can be found in the Communication by J. Zheng, M. Sanchez‐Sanchez, J. A. Lercher et al. on page 7563.