Journal
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 5431-5440Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b00270
Keywords
alkane oxidation; heterogeneous catalysis; mesoporous silica nanoparticles; methane oxidation; natural gas conversion; tricopper cluster complex
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- Academia Sinica including the Research Program on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology [2393-105-0200]
- Taiwan's Deep Decarbonization Pathways towards a Sustainable Society [106-0210-02-11-05]
- Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C. [MOST 101-2113-M-001-007-MY3, 104-2113-M-001-013-MY3]
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The controlled oxidation of light alkanes is challenging chemistry. Here, we describe the further development of a catalytic system consisting of a tricopper cluster complex immobilized in mesoporous silica nanoparticles, which we have recently shown to be capable of efficient conversion of methane into methanol without overoxidation under ambient conditions, to follow the oxidation of (i) ethane to ethanol, (ii) propane to isopropanol and acetone, and (iii) a 1:1:1 mixture of methane, ethane and propane. The efficacy of the system to mediate the catalytic conversion of these light alkanes in natural gas into liquid oxidized products is also assessed.
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