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AssigneeCalifornia Institute of Technology
InventorsZaiwei Li, Yongchun Tang, Jihong Cheng
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Aspects of the present invention relate to compositions and methods for the use of ionic liquids with dissolved metal compounds as catalysts for a variety of chemical reactions. Ionic liquids are salts that generally are liquids at room temperature, and are capable of dissolving a many types of compounds that are relatively insoluble in aqueous or organic solvent systems. Specifically, ionic liquids may dissolve metal compounds to produce homogeneous and heterogeneous organometallic catalysts. One industrially-important chemical reaction that may be catalyzed by metal-containing ionic liquid catalysts is the conversion of methane to methanol.
A method of facilitating a homogeneous or heterogeneous catalytic reaction, comprising:
An ionic liquid catalyst, comprising:
A method for converting methane into an oxidized product, comprising:
A method for producing methanol from methane gas, comprising:
A composition, comprising a quantity of methanol, produced by a process comprising:
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