High yield methanol formation in a CH4-O2-NO2 gaseous selective oxidation at 1 atm

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1999.991

Methanol and formaldehyde except for carbon oxides, nitromethane, and formic acid were obtained with high selectivities at 808K under 1 atm in a gaseous reaction of 55.6CH₄-27.7O₂-0.5NO₂-16.2He. Selectivities to methanol and formaldehyde were 27.3% and 24.5% at the level of 10% methane conversion, respectively. The reaction route to methanol formation was addressed.