We prepared supported rhodium catalysts using relatively simple procedures. The main effort was to atomically disperse the rhodium species, which was achieved using a heat treatment protocol on the ...

The latest short science news items from C&EN. By dotting the pores of a zeolite with individual rhodium atoms, researchers have come up with a catalyst that couples methane, carbon monoxide, and ...

The direct oxidation of methane -- found in natural gas -- into methanol at low temperatures has long been a holy grail. Now, researchers have found a breakthrough way to accomplish the feat using a ...

While some researchers are proposing the idea of using a platinum catalyst to keep methane out of the atmosphere, a group of British, Chinese and American scientists demonstrated, for the first time, ...

The catalytic aldol condensation reaction represents a pivotal method for synthesising acrylic acid through the coupling of simple carbonyl compounds such as acetic acid, formaldehyde and methanol.

Methanol is one of the world’s most widely used chemicals, and has been since the 1800’s. It is used to make formaldehyde and acetic acid for glue, resin and plastic production, and as a key component ...

Scientists have detected complex organic ices around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking the first such discovery beyond the Milky Way. The finding reveals that life’s chemical ...

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE (Nov. 30, 2017) - The direct oxidation of methane--found in natural gas--into methanol at low temperatures has long been a holy grail. Now, researchers at Tufts have found a ...

The chemical industry produced about 14 million metric tons of acetic acid worldwide in 2017 for use as a reagent to make monomers and other compounds, as well as for use in the medical and food ...