Volume 47, Issue 40 pp. 7689-7693
Communication

Rate and Selectivity Enhancements Mediated by OH Radicals in the Oxidative Coupling of Methane Catalyzed by Mn/Na2WO4/SiO2

Kazuhiro Takanabe Dr.

Kazuhiro Takanabe Dr.

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 (USA), Fax: (+1) 510-642-4778 http://iglesia.cchem.berkeley.edu/

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Enrique Iglesia Prof.

Enrique Iglesia Prof.

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 (USA), Fax: (+1) 510-642-4778 http://iglesia.cchem.berkeley.edu/

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First published: 22 September 2008
Citations: 116

This study was supported by BP as part of the Methane Conversion Cooperative Research Program at the University of California at Berkeley.

Graphical Abstract

Radically Improved: OH radicals formed by quasi-equilibrated steps on oxide surfaces introduce homogeneous pathways that lead to higher rates and C2 yields in oxidative methane coupling relative to those attained by CH4 activation with chemisorbed oxygen (see picture; O*: dissociated oxygen atom; R: abstractor). The reactivity of OH. leads to a weaker influence of the CH bond energies on the relative rates of H abstraction from CH4, C2H6, and C2H4.

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