Oxidative bromination of methane on silica-supported non-noble metal oxide ca…

Abstract Oxidative bromination of methane, mediated by HBr/H2O (solution), provides an original route for the production of oxygenates and gasoline directly from natural gas. However, the reported catalysts for this reaction all involved noble metals. From the consideration of replacing noble metal catalysts with cheaper oxides, various silica-supported oxide catalysts were surveyed. It was…