Chemical Communications 2011-04-14

An easily accessible Re-based catalyst for the selective conversion of methanol: evidence for an unprecedented active site structure through combined operando techniques.

Anthony Yoboué, Audrey Susset, Asma Tougerti, Daniel Gallego, Sudarsan Venkat Ramani, Malathi Kalyanikar, Dmitriy S Dolzhnikov, Sileshi G Wubshet, Yilun Wang, Sylvain Cristol, Valérie Briois, Camille La Fontaine, Régis M Gauvin, Jean-François Paul, Elise Berrier

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 47(14) , 4285-7, (2011)

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Abstract

Heterogeneous Re/SiO(2) catalysts prepared using a one pot sol-gel synthesis were found to display high activity in the direct, selective methanol conversion to methylal, which is correlated to an unprecedented rhenium oxide structure.