Synthesis of methyl mercaptan and thiophene from CO/H2/H 2S using α-Al2O3

Zhang, B., Taylor, Stuart H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1933-4874 and Hutchings, Graham John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8885-1560 2003. Synthesis of methyl mercaptan and thiophene from CO/H2/H 2S using α-Al2O3. Catalysis Letters 91 (3-4) , pp. 181-183. 10.1023/B:CATL.0000007152.91400.95

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Abstract

Methyl mercaptan and by-product thiophene can be obtained from the reaction of CO/H2/H2S mixtures over α-Al 2O3 at 340 °C, and selectivities of methyl mercaptan of �98 can be readily obtained in a sustained reaction. γ-Al 2O3 and Cr2O3 were also found to be active catalysts and gave high selectivities to methyl mercaptan, although these catalysts gave (CH3)2S as by-product rather than thiophene. In the absence of H2S, all the catalysts displayed virtually no catalytic activity.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry Research Institutes & Centres > Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI)
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Alumina; Catalyst selectivity; High pressure effects; High temperature effects; Impregnation; Sulfur compounds; Synthesis (chemical); Synthesis gas; Thermodynamic stability, Gas hourly space velocities (GHSV), Catalyst activity
Additional Information:	cited by (since 1996) 4
Publisher:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISSN:	1011372X
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2023 14:17
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/10291

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