Reactions of CO2 and ethane enable CO bond insertion for production of C3 oxygenates

Zhenhua Xie; Yuanguo Xu; Meng Xie; Xiaobo Chen; Ji Hoon Lee; Eli Stavitski; Shyam Kattel; Jingguang G. Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15849-x

Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Reactions of CO2 and ethane enable CO bond insertion for production of C3 oxygenates

Zhenhua Xie,
Yuanguo Xu,
Meng Xie,
Xiaobo Chen,
Ji Hoon Lee,
Eli Stavitski,
Shyam Kattel,
Jingguang G. Chen

Affiliations

Zhenhua Xie: Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yuanguo Xu: Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
Meng Xie: Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
Xiaobo Chen: Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton
Ji Hoon Lee: Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
Eli Stavitski: National Synchrotron Light Source-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Shyam Kattel: Department of Physics, Florida A&M University
Jingguang G. Chen: Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15849-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Reacting CO2 and ethane to achieve value-added C3 oxygenates offers opportunities to simultaneously reduce CO2 emissions and upgrade underutilized ethane in shale gas. Here, the authors report a successful oxygenate production strategy enabled by inserting CO2-derived CO into ethane-derived ethylene using a tandem reactor.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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