Gas-phase hydrogenolysis of dimethyl maleate to 1,4-butanediol and γ- butyrolactone over copper/zinc oxide catalysts

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1264-1270

  Schlander, Jan H ^a   Turek, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CATALYSTS; COPPER OXIDES; HYDROGENATION; ISOMERIZATION; KETONES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; ZINC OXIDE;

BUTANEDIOL; BUTYROLACTONE; DIMETHYL MALEATE; GAS-PHASE HYDROGENOLYSIS;

ESTERS;

1,4 BUTANEDIOL; BUTANOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; FUMARIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; MALEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MALEIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; METHANOL; SUCCINIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENTHALPY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESTERIFICATION; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGENATION; ISOMERISM; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0032946349     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980606k     Document Type: Article

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