Selective synthesis of ethylbenzene and styrene by cross-coupling between toluene and methane over a lithium-promoted Y2O3–CaO catalyst
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 20,p. 1434-1436
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39900001434
Abstract
Isotope-labelling experiments have shown that toluene oxidative methylation using methane to form C8 hydrocarbons over a lithium promoted Y2O3–CaO catalyst involves a cross-coupling between the methyl and benzyl radicals on the surface.Keywords
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