Abstract:
Disclosed is a novel catalyst having amine ligands for synthesizing methanol or its precursor. When the catalyst is allowed to react with an alkane in the presence of an acid, at least one C—H bond of the alkane is catalytically oxidized. Therefore, the catalyst is suitable for use in forming an alkyl ester from an alkane.
Abstract:
A method for preparing glycidol using glycerol includes mixing glycerol with urea in the presence of at least one zinc-based catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(NO3)2, ZnCl2, ZnO and Zn(OAc)2 under a pressure of 0.5-10 kPa at a temperature of 100-170° C. to obtain glycerol carbonate; filtering the glycerol carbonate mixed with the zinc-based catalyst through an adsorbent including a polymer resin coordinated with amine groups to separate the zinc-based catalyst and glycerol carbonate from each other; and carrying out reaction of the glycerol carbonate separated from the zinc-based catalyst in the presence of an anion alkali metal salt catalyst that is Na, K, Rb, Cs or a mixture thereof containing at least one anion selected from the group consisting of Cl−, Br−, I−, NO3−, NO2− and acetate under a pressure of 0.13-6.67 kPa at a temperature of 140-250° C. to obtain glycidol.