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Research advances in the catalysts for the selective oxidation of ethane to aldehydes

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Selective oxidation of ethane to aldehydes is one of the most difficult processes in the catalysis researches of low alkanes. The development of selective oxidation of ethane to aldehydes (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and acrolein) is discussed. The latest progress of the catalysts, including bulk or supported metal oxide catalysts, highly dispersed and isolated active sites catalysts, and the photo-catalytic ethane oxidation catalysts, partial oxidation of ethane in the gas phase, and the proposed reaction pathways from ethane to aldehydes are involved.

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    Zhang Zhe, Zhao Zhen & Xu Chunming

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Zhe, Z., Zhen, Z. & Chunming, X. Research advances in the catalysts for the selective oxidation of ethane to aldehydes. Chin. Sci. Bull. 50, 833–840 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02897374

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