Low-temperature oxygenation of methane into formic acid with molecular oxygen in the presence of hydrogen catalysed by Pd0.08Cs2.5H1.34PVMo11O40

Abstract

The title reaction is catalysed by Pd0.08Cs2.5H1.34PVMo11O40 at temperatures as low as 423-593 K,and the catalytic rate, which reached a maximum at 573 K, is 1.2 x 10(-4) mol h(-1) g(-1), ca, 3 x 10(2) times higher than FePO4, the most active catalyst previously reported.