Nature Communications (May 2016)

Synthesis of acetic acid via methanol hydrocarboxylation with CO2 and H2

  • Qingli Qian,
  • Jingjing Zhang,
  • Meng Cui,
  • Buxing Han

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11481
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Industrial routes to acetic acid use carbon monoxide for the carbonylation of methanol. Here, the authors report a hydrocarboxylation method that instead uses carbon dioxide and hydrogen for the conversion of methanol into acetic acid.