Study of homogeneous reduction of carbon monoxide to hydrocarbons and methanol

Thesis/Dissertation · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6360658

Liu, Y C

When the Fischer-Tropsch reaction was carried out over Fe(CO)/sub 5/ or Mn/sub 2/(CO)/sub 10/, no hydrocarbons were detected. However, introduction of boron trifluoride under similar conditions resulted in a small (1Vertical Bar3< based on metal) homogeneous synthesis of hydrocarbons. It was proposed that the Lewis acid facilitates the breakage of the carbon-oxygen bond in the coordinated carbon monoxide. Treatment of chromium hexacarbonyl with potassium hydroxide in aqueous tetrahydrofuran (THF) at 80/sup 0/C gave methanol and KCr/sub 2/H(CO)/sub 10/, which when further treated with carbonic acid followed by reduction with lithium borohydride, gave 18Vertical Bar3< methanol. Similar reactions occurred with tungsten hexacarbonyl. Similar treatment of molybdenum hexacarbonyl gave no methanol or KMo/sub 2/H(CO)/sub 10/. KCr/sub 2/H(CO)/sub 10/ reduced aldehydes to alcohols, acetyl chloride to acetaldehyde, cyclohexenone to cyclohexanone, and nitrobenzene to aniline.

• OSTI ID: 6360658
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALCOHOLS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CARBONYLS
CATALYSTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
LEWIS ACIDS
METHANOL
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REDUCTION
SYNTHESIS