Ebook: Catalytic Conversions of Synthesis Gas and Alcohols to Chemicals

Most of the papers contained in this volume are based on pres­ entations made at the symposium on Catalytic Conversions of Synthesis Gas and Alcohols to Chemicals, which was held at the 17th Middle At­ lantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-8, 1983, in the setting of the Pocono Hershey Resort, White Haven, PA. I thank Dr. Ned D. Heindel, General Chairman, and Dr. Natalie Foster, Program Chairman, both of Lehigh University, for the invitation to organize the symposium. Financial support was received from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. for the organization of the symposium, and acknowledgement is made to Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and to the Donors of the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society, for partial support of the conduct of the symposium. The theme of this volume is the recent progress made in devel­ oping and understanding viable catalytic syntheses of chemicals di­ rectly from synthesis gas (CO + H2) or indirectly via alcohols. An aim of the symposium and of this volume is to provide a meaningful blend of applied and basic science and of the chemistry and engineer­ ing of processes that are, or hold promise to be, economically and industrially feasible. The topics demonstrate the increasing impor­ tance of synthesis gas as a versatile feedstock and emphasize the central role that alcohols, such as methanol, can playas chemical intermediates.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Perspectives on the United States Feedstocks for the Production of Energy and Chemicals....Pages 3-36
The Production of Synthesis Gas from Methane, Coal and Biomass....Pages 37-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Effects of Cobalt on Synthesis Gas Reactions over Copper-Based Catalysts....Pages 53-63
Thorium-Copper Intermetallic Catalysts for the Synthesis of Methanol....Pages 65-79
Alcohol/Ester Fuels from Synthesis Gas....Pages 81-96
Untangling the Water Gas Shift from Fischer-Tropsch: A Gordian Knot?....Pages 97-128
Some Aspects of the Slurry Phase Fischer-Tropsch Process....Pages 129-149
Metal-Zeolite Catalysts for the Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Selected Hydrocarbon Products....Pages 151-165
Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Olefins over Physical Mixtures of High SiO2/Al2O3 ZSM-5 And Fe(K)....Pages 167-177
Catalyst Support Effects on Selectivity in the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis....Pages 179-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
The Use of Perfluoroalkanesulfonic Acids in the Palladium-Catalyzed Carbomethoxylation of Olefins....Pages 193-202
Phosphine Modified Cobalt Carbonyl Catalysts for the Hydroformylation of Dicyclopentadiene....Pages 203-219
Ethylene Glycol from Methanol and Synthesis Gas via Glycolic Acid....Pages 221-247
Synthesis Gas to Formic Acid via Methanol Carbonylation....Pages 249-260
Recent Advances in Alcohol Homologation: The Effect of Promoters....Pages 261-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Polyethers and Organorhodiums: A Study of Oxidative Addition and Transfer Hydrogenation....Pages 287-305
Synthesis of High Octane Ethers from Methanol and Iso-Olefins....Pages 307-322
Conversion of Methanol to Low Molecular Weight Olefins with Heterogeneous Catalysts....Pages 323-360
Catalytic Conversion of Alcohols to Olefins....Pages 361-394
Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons on Heteropoly Compounds....Pages 395-411
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Formaldehyde from Methanol....Pages 413-418
Catalytic Conversions of Methanol to Chloromethanes....Pages 419-432
Alkylation of N- and O-Heteroatom Compounds with Alcohols, with Special Reference to the Synthesis of Alkylamines....Pages 433-462
Back Matter....Pages 463-475

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Perspectives on the United States Feedstocks for the Production of Energy and Chemicals....Pages 3-36
The Production of Synthesis Gas from Methane, Coal and Biomass....Pages 37-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Effects of Cobalt on Synthesis Gas Reactions over Copper-Based Catalysts....Pages 53-63
Thorium-Copper Intermetallic Catalysts for the Synthesis of Methanol....Pages 65-79
Alcohol/Ester Fuels from Synthesis Gas....Pages 81-96
Untangling the Water Gas Shift from Fischer-Tropsch: A Gordian Knot?....Pages 97-128
Some Aspects of the Slurry Phase Fischer-Tropsch Process....Pages 129-149
Metal-Zeolite Catalysts for the Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Selected Hydrocarbon Products....Pages 151-165
Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Olefins over Physical Mixtures of High SiO2/Al2O3 ZSM-5 And Fe(K)....Pages 167-177
Catalyst Support Effects on Selectivity in the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis....Pages 179-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
The Use of Perfluoroalkanesulfonic Acids in the Palladium-Catalyzed Carbomethoxylation of Olefins....Pages 193-202
Phosphine Modified Cobalt Carbonyl Catalysts for the Hydroformylation of Dicyclopentadiene....Pages 203-219
Ethylene Glycol from Methanol and Synthesis Gas via Glycolic Acid....Pages 221-247
Synthesis Gas to Formic Acid via Methanol Carbonylation....Pages 249-260
Recent Advances in Alcohol Homologation: The Effect of Promoters....Pages 261-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Polyethers and Organorhodiums: A Study of Oxidative Addition and Transfer Hydrogenation....Pages 287-305
Synthesis of High Octane Ethers from Methanol and Iso-Olefins....Pages 307-322
Conversion of Methanol to Low Molecular Weight Olefins with Heterogeneous Catalysts....Pages 323-360
Catalytic Conversion of Alcohols to Olefins....Pages 361-394
Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons on Heteropoly Compounds....Pages 395-411
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Formaldehyde from Methanol....Pages 413-418
Catalytic Conversions of Methanol to Chloromethanes....Pages 419-432
Alkylation of N- and O-Heteroatom Compounds with Alcohols, with Special Reference to the Synthesis of Alkylamines....Pages 433-462
Back Matter....Pages 463-475
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