Abstract
Heterogeneous Re/SiO(2) catalysts prepared using a one pot sol-gel synthesis were found to display high activity in the direct, selective methanol conversion to methylal, which is correlated to an unprecedented rhenium oxide structure.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Catalysis
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Methanol / chemistry*
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Methyl Ethers / chemical synthesis
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Methyl Ethers / chemistry
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Oxidation-Reduction
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Rhenium / chemistry*
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Silicon Dioxide / chemistry
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Spectrum Analysis, Raman
Substances
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Methyl Ethers
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perrhenate
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Rhenium
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Silicon Dioxide
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dimethoxymethane
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Methanol