期刊
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
卷 8, 期 32, 页码 12151-12160出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03606
关键词
Oxymethylene dimethyl ethers; OMEs; Dimethoxymethane; Methanol; Dehydrogenative coupling; Supported copper catalysts
资金
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-AC36-08GO28308, DE-AC02-06CH11357, DEAC05-00OR22725]
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Bioenergy Technologies and Vehicle Technologies Offices
- DOE Office of Science [DEAC02-06CH11357]
Oxymethylene dimethyl ethers (OMEs), CH3-(OCH2)(n)-OCH3, n = 1-5, possess attractive low-soot diesel fuel properties. Methanol is a key precursor in the production of OMEs, providing an opportunity to incorporate renewable carbon sources via gasification and methanol synthesis. The costly production of anhydrous formaldehyde in the typical process limits this option. In contrast, the direct production of OMEs via a dehydrogenative coupling (DHC) reaction, where formaldehyde is produced and consumed in a single reactor, may address this limitation. We report the gas-phase DHC reaction of methanol to dimethoxymethane (DMM), the simplest OME, with n = 1, over bifunctional metal-acid catalysts based on Cu. A Cu-zirconia-alumina (Cu/ZrAlO) catalyst achieved 40% of the DMM equilibrium-limited yield under remarkably mild conditions (200 degrees C, 1.7 atm). The performance of the Cu/ZrAlO catalyst was attributed to metallic Cu nanoparticles that enable dehydrogenation and a distribution of acid strengths on the ZrAlO support, which reduced the selectivity to dimethyl ether compared to a that obtained with a Cu/Al2O3 catalyst. The DMM formation rate of 6.1 h(-1 )compares favorably against well-studied oxidative DHC approaches over non-noble, mixed-metal oxide catalysts. The results reported here set the foundation for further development of the DHC route to OME production, rather than oxidative approaches.
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