Metal Sulfide Catalysts for Ethylene Carbonylation

Watson, Rachel A.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Rachel A. Watson¹, Beata A. Kilos², David G. Barton², Harold H. Kung¹ and Justin M. Notestein¹, (1)Northwestern University, USA, (2)The Dow Chemical Company, USA.

A promoter-free carbonylation route to propionates from ethylene over metal sulfide catalysts is demonstrated. Noble metal sulfides are very active towards propanaldehyde, while MoS₂ catalysts are relatively selective to propionic acid. In addition to reporting basic catalyst performance metrics, reactivity will be correlated with specific surface area and other properties.

Extended Abstracts:

20141006_NAMAbstract_Rachel_poster.pdf (130.8KB) - Extended Abstract

P-W-B-85 Metal Sulfide Catalysts for Ethylene Carbonylation