Methane → Ethane

HRID 1976930Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1976930 reaction equation
[CH3:1][CH2:2]C.C.[CH3:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8]C.C[CH2:11][CH:12]([CH3:14])[CH3:13]>CCCCCC>[CH3:1][CH3:2].[CH3:11][CH:12]([CH3:14])[CH3:13].[CH3:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH3:8]

Participants

8

Reactant 4

HCID 297MethaneHCID 6334Propane2×HCID 6556IsopentaneHCID 8003Pentane

Product 3

HCID 6324EthaneHCID 6360IsobutaneHCID 7843Butane

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8058HexaneSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
150 °C

Procedure

The [W]s—H catalyst (55.7 mg; 4.96% W/SiO2; 15.01 micromol of W) supported on silica is prepared as described above and then the reactor is charged with propane at atmospheric pressure (propane/W=790) and heated at 150° C. under batch conditions. A mixture of methane, of ethane, of isobutane, of butane, of pentane and, in a smaller proportion, of isopentane and of hexane is gradually obtained according to the following Table 5.

Workup

  1. customis prepared

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a68ce16409e34492bd030b8ee1c28f7a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_05
Patent number
US06229060B1

Reaction notes

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