Methane → Butyric Acid

HRID 1250809Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1250809 reaction equation
[CH4:1].[OH2:2].CO.[CH2:5]([OH:8])[CH2:6][CH3:7]>N#N>[C:5]([OH:2])(=[O:8])[CH2:6][CH3:7].[C:5]([OH:2])(=[O:8])[CH2:6][CH2:7][CH3:1]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 297Methane2×HCID 887MethanolHCID 962Water2×HCID 10311-Propanol

Product 2

HCID 264Butyric AcidHCID 1032Propionic Acid

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 947NitrogenSolvent

Procedure

Carbon black waste gas containing about 14 percent CO, 17 percent H2 and 4 percent CH4 in N2 is spared into a 1 L CSTR operating at 37° C. and a few inches of water pressure. The medium in the reactor is a basal salts mixture containing water, B-vitamins, salts and minerals. The single or mixed culture in the reactor produces a liquid phase product of methanol, propanol, buytanol, propionic acid, butyric acid or other desirable products. The system is set up essentially the same as in Example 8.

Workup

  1. customis spared into a 1 L CSTR operating at 37° C.
  2. additionThe single or mixed culture in the reactor

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-50ff91a79bc341aab89d1c76863e72fa
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_01
Patent number
US06340581B1

Reaction notes

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