Partial oxidation and oxidative condensation of methane with the participation of N2O on a V2O5/SiO2 catalyst

The catalytic reaction of CH₄, with N₂O at 773–823 K on a V₂O₅/SiO₂ catalyst affords products of the partial oxidation (HCHO and CH₃OH), exhaustive oxidation (CO), and oxidative condensation (C₂H₅OH and CH₃CHO) of methane. A mechanism is proposed for the complex reaction, including the intermediate compounds V⁵⁺O and V⁴⁺CH₃OH as common intermediates for all the routes.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 641–646, September–October, 1987.