Long-Chain Terminal Alcohols through Catalytic CO Hydrogenation

Xiang Y, Chitry V, Liddicoat P, Felfer P, Cairney J, Ringer S, Kruse N (2013)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Journal of the American Chemical Society American Chemical Society

Publisher: American Chemical Society

Book Volume: 135

Pages Range: 7114-7117

Journal Issue: 19

DOI: 10.1021/ja402512r

Abstract

We show that long-chain 1-alcohols can be produced with high selectivities using heterogeneous CO hydrogenation catalysis. This breakthrough is achieved through the targeted design of "CoCuMn" nanosized core-shell particles using co-precipitation of metal salts into oxalate precursors and subsequent thermal decomposition. Using stoichiometric CO/H-2 feeds, the selectivities to 1-alcohols or combined 1-alcohols/1-alkenes are usually higher than 60% and occasionally up to 95%. The Anderson-Schulz-Flory chain-lengthening probabilities for these products are higher than 0.6, but usually below 0.9 so as to optimize the C-8-C-14 slate as feedstock for plasticizers, lubricants, or detergents.

Authors with CRIS profile

Peter Felfer Professur für Atom Probe Tomography

Additional Organisation(s)

Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Allgemeine Werkstoffeigenschaften)

Involved external institutions

Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) / Free University of Brussels BE Belgium (BE) University of Sydney (USYD) AU Australia (AU)

How to cite

APA:

Xiang, Y., Chitry, V., Liddicoat, P., Felfer, P., Cairney, J., Ringer, S., & Kruse, N. (2013). Long-Chain Terminal Alcohols through Catalytic CO Hydrogenation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(19), 7114-7117. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja402512r

MLA:

Xiang, Yizhi, et al. "Long-Chain Terminal Alcohols through Catalytic CO Hydrogenation." Journal of the American Chemical Society 135.19 (2013): 7114-7117.

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