Table 2 The substrate scope of sub-supercritical acetonitrile and boron nitride catalyzed methane activation on C1–C2 hydrocarbon.

From: Partial oxidation of methane to methanol on boron nitride at near critical acetonitrile

Entry

Substrate

Methanol yield%

Ethanol yield%

1

Methane

6.5

n/a

2

Ethane

3.6

4.5

  1. Yields calculated based on oxygen. Conditions vary. 57 mmol MeCN, 0.60: 1 h-BN: oxygen molar ratio (8.01 mmol h-BN and 13.5 mmol O2), 118 mmol CH4 or 15.8 mmol C2H6, 163 mmol He, 275 °C, no dwell time. (n/a not applicable).
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