Methanol → Ethylene

HRID 1634639Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1634639 reaction equation
[CH2:1]=[CH2:2].CO.[P].[C:6]1([CH3:12])[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1>>[CH2:6]=[CH2:7].[CH2:1]([C:9]1[CH:10]=[CH:11][C:6]([CH3:12])=[CH:7][CH:8]=1)[CH3:2]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 887Methanol2×HCID 1140TolueneHCID 6325EthyleneHCID 5462309Phosphorus

Product 2

HCID 6325EthyleneHCID 121601-Ethyl-4-Methylbenzene

Procedure

FIG. 2 compares ethylene selectivity vs. methanol conversion over a phosphorus-loaded ZSM-5, D/r2=0.5×10−6 s−1, 1 alpha catalyst using 12:1 molar methanol:aromatic feedstock, showing similar results for ethylene selectivity between toluene and para-ethyltoluene as aromatic feedstock.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-ef8e4f6980084b308ccf216a4e22a8ff
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_01
Patent number
US06506954B1

Reaction notes

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