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DR ANTHONY MELVIN CRASTO, WORLDDRUGTRACKER

A green route for methanol carbonylation

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Oct 092017
 

 

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7CY01621B, Paper
Youming Ni, Lei Shi, Hongchao Liu, Wenna Zhang, Yong Liu, Wenliang Zhu, Zhongmin Liu
Halide-free and noble metal-free pyridine-modified H-mordenites exhibit high stability and selectivity in methanol carbonylation to acetic acid.

A green route for methanol carbonylation

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Abstract

Acetic acid is one of the most important bulk commodity chemicals and is currently manufactured by methanol carbonylation reactions with rhodium or iridium organometallic complexes and halide-containing promoters named Monsanto or BP Cativa™ homogeneous processes, respectively. Developing a halide-free catalyst and a heterogeneous process for methanol carbonylation is of great importance and has recently attracted extensive research attention. Here, we report a green route for direct synthesis of acetic acid via vapor-phase carbonylation of methanol with a stable, selective, halide-free, and noble metal-free catalyst based on pyridine-modified H-mordenite zeolite. Methanol conversion and acetic acid selectivity can reach up to 100% and 95%, respectively. Only little deactivation is observed during the 145 hour reaction.

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