Acetic acid and methyl acetate formation from methanol alone over ruthenium (II)-tin (II) cluster complex catalysts supported on copper-containing oxides

Synthesis of acetic acid from methanol a

Synthesis of acetic acid from methanol alone by homogeneous metal complex catalyst. Part II. Mechanistic study on methyl acetate formation from methanol alone by [(η5-C5H5)(PPh3)2RuX] (X=Cl, SnF3) complex catalyst

✍ Hisahiro Einaga; Tetsu Yamakawa; Sumio Shinoda 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 545 KB

## Catalytic activity of [ ( $-C5Hs) (PPh,),RuX] (X = Cl ( 1), SnF, (2) ) was investigated for the highly selective formation of methyl acetate with methanol used as the sole source. Complex 2 was found to be more catalytically active than the singlemetallic complex 1. For both complexes, the init