Green synthesis of propylene oxide directly from propane

Propylene and propylene oxide are formed over boron nitride or SiO2 in the gas phase without yielding large amounts of CO2. Conversion at non-specific interfaces can thus be a successful strategy for the synthesis of oxidation-sensitive products.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pierre Kube, Jinhu Dong, Nuria Sánchez Bastardo, Holger Ruland, Robert Schlögl, Johannes T. Margraf, Karsten Reuter, Annette Trunschke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34967-2