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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Junjun Shan, Medford, MA (US);
Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Winchester, MA (US);
Mengwei Li, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/50 (2006.01); C07C 51/215 (2006.01); B01J 29/04 (2006.01); B01J 29/06 (2006.01); B01J 29/44 (2006.01); B01J 29/46 (2006.01); B01J 35/00 (2006.01); B01J 23/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/50 (2013.01); B01J 23/464 (2013.01); B01J 29/04 (2013.01); B01J 29/06 (2013.01); B01J 29/44 (2013.01); B01J 29/46 (2013.01); B01J 35/002 (2013.01); C07C 51/215 (2013.01); B01J 2229/18 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method of converting methane to an oxygenate. The method includes converting methane to an oxygenate with a transition metal ion loaded zeolite catalyst in an aqueous medium in the presence of gaseous Oand CO at a temperature lower than 200° C. Also disclosed are a two-metal ion zeolite catalyst for converting methane to methanol and a method for preparing the two-metal ion zeolite catalyst.