A Fe-based catalyst carbonized in an environment of methanol-H2 exhibits excellent catalytic activity with significantly high selectivity to ethanol of 89.6% in gas-phase hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate. Due to the presence of Fe5C2 species, ethanol was preferentially produced via the hydrogenation of methyl acetate instead of ethylene glycol.
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Published: May 14, 2017
Citation
He J., Y. Zhao, Y. Wang, J. Wang, J. Zheng, H. Zhang, and G. Zhou, et al. 2017.A Fe5C2 Nanocatalyst for the Preferential Synthesis of Ethanol via Dimethyl Oxalate Hydrogenation.Chemical Communications 53, no. 39:5376-5379.PNNL-SA-124515.doi:10.1039/C7CC01644A