Catalytic gas phase oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3384-3396

  Waters, Tom ^a   O'Hair, Richard A J ^a   Wedd, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS PHASE OXIDATION;

CATALYSTS; FORMALDEHYDE; NEGATIVE IONS; OXIDATION; SUBSTRATES;

METHANOL;

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; CHROMIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; KETONE; METHANOL; MOLYBDENUM; NITROMETHANE; TUNGSTEN; WATER;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GAS; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037454325     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja028839x     Document Type: Article

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