Synthesis of dimethyl ether from supercritical methanol in the presence of aluminum

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 394-395

  Usui, Yuma ^a   Wakai, Chihiro ^a   Matubayasi, Nobuyuki ^a   Nakahara, Masaru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DIMETHYL ETHER; HYDROGEN; METAL; METHANE; METHANOL; METHYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 3142671531     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2004.394     Document Type: Article

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