Enhancing Effect of Titanium(II) for the Oxidation of Methane with O2 by an EuCl3-Zn-CF3CO2H-Catalytic System at 40 °C

Abstract

Abstract Bis(2,4,-pentanedionate)TiO and TiO2 enhanced markedly the activity of the EuCl3-Zn0-CF3CO2H-catalytic system for the CH4 oxidation to MeOH with O2 at 40 °C. It is suggested that Ti(II) species generated from Ti(IV) by the reduction with Zn0 and CF3CO2H is responsible for this enhancement.