Dimethoxymethane Production via Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide in Methanol Media

Waqar Ahmad; Fan Liang Chan; Alan Chaffee; Huanting Wang; Andrew Hoadley; Akshat Tanksale

doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06913

Dimethoxymethane Production via Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide in Methanol Media

Waqar Ahmad, Fan Liang Chan, Alan Chaffee, Huanting Wang, Andrew Hoadley, Akshat Tanksale

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Abstract

Dimethoxymethane (OME₁) is an important chemical and has vast applications. However, the current commercial method to produce this chemical suffers high exergy loss. In this study, we demonstrate a one-pot approach to synthesize OME₁ from syngas. OME₁ was produced using a Ru promoted catalyst via a cascade reaction of hydrogenation of carbon monoxide into formaldehyde, followed by acetalization with methanol in liquid media. Results show that the catalytic activity of these Ru promoted catalysts in converting CO and H₂ to OME₁ was in the following order: Ru-Ni > Ru-Cu > Ru.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2081-2092
Number of pages	12
Journal	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06913
Publication status	Published - 3 Feb 2020

Keywords

Dimethoxymethane
Formaldehyde
Heterogeneous catalysis
Syngas hydrogenation
Zeolite

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Dimethoxymethane Production via Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide in Methanol Media

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