More information: Peipei Xiao et al, Direct Oxidation of Methane to Methanol over Transition-Metal-Free Ferrierite Zeolite Catalysts, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024). DOI: 10.1021 ...
Commercially, DMM is produced via an established two step-process of methanol oxidation forming formaldehyde, followed by coupling with methanol. However, this conventional synthetic route is ...
The low energy yields so far obtained prevent this method from competing with the catalytic oxidation of methanol in the commercial production of formaldehyde.