METHANE TO ACETIC ACID OVER CU-EXCHANGED ZEOLITES: MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS FROM A SITE-SPECIFIC CARBONYLATION REACTION

摘要

The new pathway for methane oxidation involves methoxyrnspecies over Bronsted acid sites could be coupled with many types ofrnreagents to diversify methane being used as a chemical precursor.7rnAdditionally, the new copper species discovered could be a new lowrntemperature oxidation center that must be characterized in futurernstudies.