The CO2 hydrogenation to dimethyl ether (DME) is a potentially promising process for efficiently utilizing as renewable and cheap carbon resource. Currently, the one-step heterogeneous catalytic conversion of value-added chemicals exhibits higher efficiency than photocatalytic or electrocatalytic routes. However, typical catalysts DME still suffer from deficient space–time yield stability in in...

Dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether (DME) over a commercial Al2O3 catalyst was studied in an isothermal integral fixed bed reactor. The experiments were performed on the temperature interval 513-613 K, liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) of 0.9-2.1h, pressures between 0.1 and 1.0 MPa. The effect of different operation conditions on the dehydration of methanol was investigated in a laborat...

The reaction of dimethyl-amine, 18-crown-6, and perchloric acid in methanol yields the title compound, C(2)H(8)N(+)·ClO(4) (-)·C(12)H(24)O(6)·H(2)O. The dimethyl-ammonium cation and the water mol-ecule inter-act with the 18-crown-6 unit: N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds are formed between the ammonium NH(2) (+) group and four O atoms of the crown ether, while the water mol-ecule on the other side of 18-cro...

The methanol-to-olefin (MTO) process allows the conversion of methanol/dimethyl ether into olefins on acidic zeolites via the so-called hydrocarbon pool mechanism. However, the site and mechanism of formation of the first carbon-carbon bond are still a matter of debate. Here, we show that the Lewis acidic Al sites on the 110 facet of γ-Al2O3 can readily activate dimethyl ether to yield CH4, alk...