SYNTHESIS OF ETHYLENE BY PARTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE OVER THE OXIDES OF TRANSITION ELEMENTS WITH LiCl

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1986.903

The synthesis of ethylene directly from methane has been tested in the presence of oxygen over the LiCl-added transition metal oxides.The oxides of Mn and Ni with LiCl produced ethylene with high selectivity ( ca. 60 percent ) and yield ( ca. 27 percent ) under the following experimental conditions: T = 1023 K, P(CH4)/P(O2) = 2/1, P(CH4) = 5.1 kPa, and W/F = 600-1200 g l^-1s.