Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from CO2 and methanol over CeO2: Role of copper as dopant and the use of methyl trichloroacetate as dehydrating agent

Surface effect of nano-sized cerium-zirconium oxides for the catalytic conversion of methanol and CO2 into dimethyl carbonate

“…Wang et al [37] synthesized CeO 2-x quantum dots, and measured a yield five times higher than for commercial ceria nanoparticles. Marciniak [38] loaded CeO 2 with a small amount of Cu, reporting that the highest catalytic activity and selectivity toward DMC were obtained with 0.02 wt.% Cu, mostly due to basic sites associated with the presence of oxygen vacancies. In [39] Liu focused on doping the ceria lattice with Zr atoms, producing a fluorite-like solid solution and promoting the formation of oxygen vacancy sites.…”

Highly active Pd containing EMT zeolite catalyst for indirect oxidative carbonylation of methanol to dimethyl carbonate

“…Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is an environmentally sustainable compound with useful and versatile chemical properties [1,2]. DMC can serve as a green carbonylation and methylation reagent in place of toxic phosgene and dimethyl sulfate [3].…”

Mechanical pressure-mediated Pd active sites formation in NaY zeolite catalysts for indirect oxidative carbonylation of methanol to dimethyl carbonate

“…Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is a green, versatile compound which can be used as a methylating and methoxycarbonylating agent, fuel additive, electrolyte liquid carrier for lithium-ion batteries, as well as for polycarbonate and isocyanate syntheses [24,25]. The traditional production of DMC ((CH 3 O) 2 CO) involves the utilization of a toxic feedstock, phosgene (COCl 2 ) [26].…”