The effect of Mo(CO)6 as a co-catalyst in the carbonylation of methanol to methyl formate catalyzed by potassium methoxide under CO, syngas and H2 atmospheres. HP-IR observation of the methoxycarbonyl intermediate of Mo(CO)6

Heterogeneity of oxygen reactivity: key for selectivity of partial methanol oxidation on gold surfaces

“…Methyl formate is an important intermediate for a variety of bulk chemicals, such as formic acid, formamide or dimethyl formamide, and more recently was also tested as a possible alternative fuel (additive). 1–4 Apart from the currently applied industrial synthesis (reaction of CO with methanol over sodium or potassium methoxide requiring dry and CO 2 -free feeds), 2,4,5 dehydrogenation and the thermodynamically more favourable partial oxidation of methanol are pursued as alternative routes. 1,2 On nanoporous gold (np-Au), aerobic partial oxidation of methanol to methyl formate shows a temporally stable, high selectivity at high conversion for temperatures below 100 °C.…”

Computational mechanistic study on oxidative esterification of alcohols to esters catalyzed by palladium complex

“…The detailed mechanisms of pathways A, B and C were investigated. We hope this study could provide a reference for this kind of reaction through the pathway A, B or C [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]. These pathways A, B and C are shown in supporting information (see SI6).…”

Methanol fuel production, utilization, and techno-economy: a review

“…Another well-known way of methanol production is biogas reforming, followed by methanol synthesis. Effective use (Cai et al 1997;Lee et al 2019;van de Water et al 2018;Barrault and Probst 1991;Jali et al 2011;Ma et al 2008). Santos et al studied methanol generation from different biogas sources: palm oil effluent, corn cobs, landfill, and sorghum fermentation using mathematical modelling and simulation (Santos et al 2018).…”