title: The Prospecting Shortcut to an Old Molecule: Formaldehyde Synthesis at Low Temperature in Solution.
abstract: Over 30 megatons of formaldehyde are required per year and industrially produced through three high-temperature gas-phase processes: i) natural gas reforming to syngas, ii) methanol synthesis, and iii) partial oxidation to formaldehyde with limited selectivity. In vast contrast to these energy-intensive oxidative and dehydrogenative methods, a reductive "top-down" methodology using CO2and CO as carbon source would be desirable and is not very well present in the literature for more than 100 years. The key to success is the reaction performance in liquid solution in water or methanol at low temperature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Universität zu Köln, Greinstr. 6, 50939, Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: Leo E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Universität zu Köln, Greinstr. 6, 50939, Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: Hannelore
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Konnerth
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Universität zu Köln, Greinstr. 6, 50939, Köln, Germany. martin.prechtl@uni-koeln.de.
authors.forename: Martin H G
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Prechtl
mesh_terms: D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D005557:Formaldehyde; D002248:Carbon Monoxide
keywords: formaldehyde; heterogeneous catalysis; methanediol; synthesis gas; water