Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 56, Issue 44, Pages 13670-13674Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706624
Keywords
alkanes; europium; halogens; heterogeneous catalysis; olefins
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- ETH Research Grant [ETH-04 16-1]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [200021-156107]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_156107] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Ethylene and propylene are the key building blocks of the chemical industry, but current processes are unable to close the growing gap between demand and manufacture. Reported herein is an exceptional europium oxychloride (EuOCl) catalyst for the selective (>= 95%) production of light olefins from ethane and propane by oxychlorination chemistry, thus achieving yields of ethylene (90%) and propylene (40%) unparalleled by any existing olefin production technology. Moreover, EuOCl is able to process mixtures of methane, ethane, and propane to produce the olefins, thereby reducing separation costs of the alkanes in natural gas. Finally, the EuOCl catalyst was supported on suitable carriers and evaluated in extrudate form, and preserves performance for >150 h under realistic process conditions.
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