Synthesis of methyl formate from methanol over metal carbide catalysts
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 3,p. 108-109
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39850000108
Abstract
Catalytic decomposition of methanol has been studied on the transition metal carbides TiC, TaC, Mo2C, W2C, and WC; on WC methyl formate was produced with high selectivity (>90%), whereas other catalysts produced mainly CO and H2.Keywords
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