Journal article
Mononuclear metavanadate catalyses gas phase oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde employing dioxygen as the terminal oxidant
T Waters, GN Khairallah, SASY Wimala, YC Ang, RAJ O'Hair, AG Wedd
Chemical Communications | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | Published : 2006
DOI: 10.1039/b612384h
Abstract
Multistage mass spectrometry experiments reveal a sequence of gas phase reactions for the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde with a mononuclear oxo vanadate anion as the catalyst and dioxygen as the terminal oxidant. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2006.