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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Methanol is converted to a mixture of hydrocarbons by reaction with zinc iodide at 200 degrees C with one highly branched alkane, 2,2,3-trimethylbutane (triptane), being obtained in surprisingly high selectivity. Mechanistic studies implicate a two-stage process, the first involving heterogeneously catalyzed formation of a carbon-carbon-bonded species, probably ethylene, that undergoes homogeneously catalyzed sequential cationic methylation to higher hydrocarbons. The first stage can be bypassed by addition of olefins, higher alcohols, or arenes, which act as initiators. Rationales for the particular activity of zinc iodide and for the selectivity to triptane are proposed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-3263
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8907-17
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
On the mechanism of the conversion of methanol to 2,2,3-trimethylbutane (triptane) over zinc iodide.
pubmed:affiliation
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratories of Chemical Synthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article