Oxidative functionalization of methane in the presence of a homogeneous rhodium-copper-chloride catalytic system: Transformation of acetic and propionic acids as …

EG Chepaikin, AP Bezruchenko, GN Menchikova…

Index: Chepaikin; Bezruchenko; Menchikova; Moiseeva; Gekhman; Moiseev Petroleum Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 51, # 2 p. 133 - 142

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Abstract The oxidative functionalization of methane (O2, CO, 95° C, Rh III/Cu I, II/Cl− catalytic system) was studied in an aqueous acetic or propionic acid medium. It was shown that oxidative decarbonylation of carboxylic acids takes place along with methanol and methyl carboxylate formation.