The metabolic fate of C-methanol and l-C-ethanol in the adult larva of Prodenia litura has been investigated in vivo. Following the intersegmental injection of C-methanol (1.2 mg/g. insect), about 70% of the radioactivity was recovered as C02 in the expired air, after 20 hours. Also, about one fourth of the administered dose was recovered as unchanged methanol, during the first six hours. Only ...

1. Experimental conditions have been found in which small amounts of methanol (approximately 2.5mm) accumulated when washed cell suspensions of methane-grown Pseudomonas methanica and Methanomonas methanooxidans were incubated with methane+oxygen mixtures in Warburg flasks. 2. The methanol formed could be separated completely from water by fractional distillation through glass helices followed ...

Direct oxidation of methane to methanol is a highly attractive route for upgrading into valued-added product. In June’s issue Chem, Landong Li and colleagues reported state-of-art Cu/CHA catalyst, which exhibited outstanding space-time yield 543 mmol/molCu/h with selectivity up 91%. Methane promising future energy because its large reserves that have already discovered in shale gas the breakthr...