High yield synthesis of propanal from methane and air

Journal article

High yield synthesis of propanal from methane and air can be obtained in a single pass at atmospheric pressure. Three catalytic processes are combined to give 13% yield of propanal based on total methane input. Ethene is made from the oxidative coupling reaction and carbon monoxide and hydrogen is generated from partial oxygenation of methane. These gases are combined and passed to a hydroformylation catalyst to give liquid propanal. The unreacted methane is inert in the hydroformylation stag...

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Authors: Green, M; Tsang, S; Vernon, P; York, A

• Publisher: Baltzer Science Publishers, Baarn/Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Journal: Catalysis Letters
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 341-347
• Publication date: 1992-12-01
• DOI: 10.1007/BF00765036
• EISSN: 1572-879X
• ISSN: 1011-372X
• Language: English
• Keywords: propanal; Methane; catalysis; hydroformylation; oxidation; oxidative coupling